European Mosquito Control Association
| European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) |
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| purpose | Association for the fight against mosquitoes |
| Chair: | Jan O. Lundström (President), Norbert Becker (Managing Director) |
| Establishment date: | 2000 |
| Number of members: | 103 from 23 countries (2018) |
| Seat : | Strasbourg Secretariat Speyer |
| Website: | www.emca.eu |
The European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) is the association of specialists and experts from Europe and beyond with the aim of strengthening cooperation on technical and operational aspects of mosquito control . The European association is a member of the World Mosquito Control Association .
History and goals
EMCA is a non-profit association that was founded at the former headquarters of KABS in Waldsee in 2000 and is registered in Strasbourg (France). Members come from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the USA.
The overall aim of EMCA is to promote effective and efficient control of mosquitoes and related issues and to disseminate the related information to members and other interested parties in Europe and the neighboring regions. The official organ of the EMCA is the online Journal of the European Mosquito Control Association (JEMCA).
The association promotes research on mosquitoes ( Aedes vexans , Aedes albopictus ), black flies and other organisms and the associated preventive disease control such as malaria , Chikungunya , Zika virus and West Nile fever .
EMCA pursues links and collaboration with international organizations, associations and institutions such as WHO ( World Health Organization ), SOVE (Society for Vector Ecology), E-SOVE (European Society for Vector Ecology), ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control), CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), AMCA (American Mosquito Control Association), and PAMCA (Pan-African Mosquito Control Association).
Workshops and conferences on the subject of mosquito control and ecology are organized annually, and Norbert Becker is the managing director and vice-president .
literature
- Norbert Becker, Paul Glaser, Hermann Magin: Biological mosquito control on the Upper Rhine , (commemorative publication) 20 years of municipal action group to combat the snake plague, 1996, ISBN 3-00-000584-6
- Norbert Becker et al. Mosquitoes and Their Control (English), Publisher: Springer, 2nd edition 2010 ISBN 978-3-540-92873-7
Web links
- European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) website
- World Mosquito Control Association (WMCA) website
- Website of the KABS eV
- American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA)
- Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA)