Thanks to a Rotary Foundation Global Grant (GG122449) hosted by the San Juan Rotary Club (District 7000) and the lead international partner – District 6420 – this project accomplished key dengue prevention milestones: From a pre-project baseline of no significant community engagement on vector-borne diseases or mosquito control activities, and dengue fever cases in [...]
The Weekly Journal – July 21, 2021 The Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit (PRVCU) sponsored by the International Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of San Juan, and in collaboration with the Municipality of Culebra, will begin a project to control the Aedes aegypti mosquito through a variety of community efforts. The initiative aims [...]
Virgin Islands – January 19, 2021 The Virgin Islands Department of Health Vector Control Program is excited to announce the start of its Mosquitoes in Cisterns Survey. This survey, conducted in partnership with the Puerto Rico Vector Control Unit, is to learn if cisterns are important mosquito breeding grounds for Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the [...]
In this article, meet Prof. Glenda Ivette Lozada Negrón, a science teacher whose elementary classroom is actively engaged in reducing the risk of mosquito borne disease through mosquito surveillance and mitigation, as part of an ongoing service learning project in Puerto Rico . Tell us about your project? The project began as part [...]
La Unidad de Control de Vectores de Puerto Rico redobla esfuerzos para orientar, educar y empoderar a los ciudadanos en el control del mosquito Aedes aegypti San Juan, Puerto Rico, 5 de agosto de 2019– La llegada de agosto no solo significa el cierre del verano para muchos. También marca el comienzo del Mes [...]
Aedes aeqypti has developed resistance to insecticides Rainy season is here and that means more mosquitoes. And while repellents do the job when needed, the best way to fight the spread of the Aedes aeqypti, the main carrier of dengue fever, Zika fever and chikungunya virus, is to ensure there are no containers in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust will implement an integrated vector management program San Juan, Puerto Rico - The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust (PRSTRT) announced the establishment of the Vector Control Unit of Puerto Rico after receiving official announcement of the Center for Diseases Control & Prevention (CDC) for a [...]
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