Community Outreach Representative Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job Type: Full time Position Overview: The Community Outreach Representative is a position designed to serve as a driving force in operationalizing and supporting the community engagement, mobilization, education, and behavior change programs for the Community Mobilization (CM) Division of the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (PRVCU). [...]
La Unidad de Control de Vectores de Puerto Rico presenta enfoque innovador con capacidad de manejo integrado del mosquito Aedes aegypti en la Isla San Juan, Puerto Rico – 8 de marzo de 2018 - El Fideicomiso para Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico (FCTIPR) llevó a cabo el primer Open House de [...]
Social Media and Web Content Specialist Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job Type: Full time Position Overview: The Social Media and Web Content Specialist is an exciting new position designed to execute and support the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (Science Trust) and its Vector Control Unit (PRVCU) branding strategy [...]
Community Educator Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job type: Full-time Reports to: Community Mobilization Director Position Overview: The Community Educator is an exciting position in the Puerto Rico Control Vector Unit (PRVCU) designed to teach and educate students and communities, develop educational materials, and develop and implement new programs for inspiring and empowering the Puerto Rican public to play a direct and [...]
Field/Surveillance Technician Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job type: Full-time Position Overview: The Field/Surveillance Technician is responsible for vector control and surveillance activities to aid the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (PRVCU) in its goal to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Work will be conducted primarily in the field. The Field/Surveillance technician will be exposed to indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, noise, vibration, close proximity [...]
Community Mobilization Specialist Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job Type: Full time Position Overview: The Community Mobilization Specialist is an exciting position designed to serve as a driving force in designing, operationalizing and supporting the community engagement, mobilization, education, and behavior change programs for the Community Mobilization Division of the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit’s (PRVCU). This position support the [...]
Laboratory Technician Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico Job type: Full-time Position Overview: The laboratory technician is responsible for mosquito identification to support vector surveillance activities and aid the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit in its goal to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Work will be conducted primarily in a laboratory setting. The Lab Technician will be exposed to indoor conditions, noise, vibration, [...]
Septic tanks that do not have covers, have broken or cracked walls, or have vents that are not covered with screens, can turn into the perfect place for the Aedes aegypti mosquito to reproduce. This mosquito transmits dengue, Zika and chikungunya. Aedes aegyptifemales look for any place with accumulated water to lay their eggs, which is why [...]
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 13 de noviembre de 2017 - Tras el paso del Huracán María, la Unidad de Control de Vectores de Puerto Rico se ha sumado al proceso de reconstrucción de la Isla con una campaña educativa sobre el manejo correcto del agua acumulada, para reducir criaderos de mosquitos en nuestros alrededores. [...]
After the hit of Hurricane María, the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit, a program of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust in collaboration and by federal grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has joined the reconstruction process of the island with an educational campaign about the correct management [...]
