Join the VectorED Academy webinar series to learn best practices for communicating emerging vector-borne disease threats with clear, credible, and actionable messaging.
Gulf South VECTOR has released a new downloadable social media toolkit focused on Hurricane Preparedness and Mosquito Awareness tips, including how to prepare, what to gather in case of an evacuation, how to prepare your home, and post-storm response tips for removing mosquito habitats.
Explore mosquito control preparedness strategies for emergency response, including surveillance, operational planning, and vector-borne disease prevention.
Learn best practices for pet sheltering operations during emergencies, including planning, coordination, animal welfare, and community preparedness.
Examine rodent control strategies during disasters and all-hazard events, including surveillance, risk mitigation, and public health protection measures.
Learn how Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs) coordinate emergency response efforts and support public health, safety, and recovery operations during disasters and public health emergencies.
Hands-on vector control workshop covering PPE, safety protocols, emergency response, equipment calibration, flow testing, and droplet testing for effective mosquito control operations.
Join us for another session of the Gulf South VECTOR Webinar Series focused on how entomologists support public health through vector surveillance, identification, and control strategies. This webinar will highlight key responsibilities from monitoring insect populations to guiding evidence‑based interventions and explain why entomology is
We invite you, our funded partner, to participate in interactive sessions covering emergency response, ELC, surveillance, laboratory, and communications. Registration is free for this event, and a link will be sent to you after you complete the registration. We recommend connecting to the Vector Day
To perform effectively, our workforce must not only understand the technical aspects of environmental health but also be adept at working within the emergency response system. There exists a significant opportunity for our environmental public health workforce to acquire specialized emergency response training. This enhancement would