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11th EMCA Workshop – Side event on communication on the Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) against Aedes vectors, to control Aedes-borne diseases

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is an innovative and environmentally friendly potential method of controlling harmful insects, combining the science of biology with the principles of sustainable agriculture. It is based on the mass rearing and release of sterile male insects, which, when mated with females, lead to a reduction in[...]

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Address by President Sandra Gewehr at the 11th EMCA three-day workshop

The XIth European Mosquito Control Agency (EMCA) three-day Workshop in Mendrisio, Switzerland, between 2 and 4 December 2024, was successfully completed. The Director of Research and Development of Ecodevelopment Sandra Gewehr, who is currently serving as the EMCA’s President, welcomed the workshop participants from 17 countries around the world and[...]

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Inaugural meeting of the SEACURE project

The inaugural meeting of the European project SEACURE (HORIZON OCEAN-SOIL-01-01), in which ECODEVELOPMENT participates, took place in Vic, Spain, on October 16-17, 2024. The project involves 25 partners from 5 countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, and Belgium), with a total budget of over 8 million euros. The main objective of[...]

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A Milestone in Collaborative Research for Mosquito Control

Sandra Gewehr’s presents the new EMCA guidelines at the 23rd E-SOVE Conference – Montpellier, France 12/10-17/10/2024 In a significant stride for public health and environmental sustainability, Sandra Gewehr, President of the European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) and Head of its Working Group “Best Practices,” presented significant research at the 23rd[...]

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Participation of Ecodevelopment in the XI EMCA Workshop in Mendrisio, Switzerland

Six Ecodevelopment executives will participate in the XI European Mosquito Control Association EMCA) Workshop, which will take place in Mendrisio, Switzerland between 2 and 4 December 2024 at the University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI).   It is the eleventh workshop of the organisation and is an influential[...]

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XIth European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) Workshop in Mendrisio, Switzerland (2-4/12/2024)

Registrations have opened for the XIth European Mosquito Control Agency (EMCA) Workshop, which will take place between 2-4 December 2024 in Mendrisio, Switzerland, on “Dialogue with wings: communicating mosquito science effectively”. The three-day seminar will focus on the following six topics: 1) Risk Communication, 2) Visual Communication, 3) Community Awareness,[...]

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Ecodevelopment in the Caribbean

The actions taken by Ecodevelopment to prevent the reemergence of malaria in our country since 2011 are an example for Caribbean countries to follow. On April 25-27 in Castries, Saint Lucia, the Caribbean Public Health Organization (CARPHA) hosted the 68th annual conference on health research. As part of this conference,[...]

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Invitation to Spiros Mourelatos to be a keynote speaker at a TDR(WHO) malaria event at CARPHA’s annual conference on health research

On April 25th-27th in Castries, Saint Lucia, the Caribbean Public Health Organization (CARPHA) is hosting its annual conference on health research. In the framework of this conference, the Special Programme for Research & Training on Tropical Diseases/World Health Organization (TDR/WHO), the Caribbean Vector-borne Diseases Network (CariVecNet) and the Caribbean Public[...]