March 21, 2024: 10am to 12pm

Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, 284 E Temple St, Boylston, MA 01505

Description

Spring is coming and local public health staff are preparing for summer outdoor activities! Be better equipped going into the spring and summer months by learning more about vector-borne diseases, including mosquitoes and ticks. Plus, a potential tick hunt if the weather permits!

Agenda

10:00am  MHOA Welcome and Updates

10:15am  Presentation 

• Endemic Arboviral Disease and Associated Vectors

• Mosquito Surveillance and Response Planning

• Tick-borne Disease, Vectors, and Hosts

• Risk Communication and Interventions

11:30am Field Component: (Weather Dependent) Mosquito Trapping and Tick Collection Demonstration

12:00pm Lunch

Speaker:

Matthew Osborne, Senior Vector-borne Epidemiologist at MDPH and former Field Coordinator for the Mosquito Trapping program. 

CEUs available: 2.2 CHO/CPH, RS/REHS; 2 RN CEUs 

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Registration deadline is March 7, 2024.