World Mosquito Control Association
| World Mosquito Control Association (WMCA) |
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| purpose | Specialist society for the worldwide control of mosquitoes |
| Chair: | Norbert Becker , CEO Major S. Dhillon |
| Establishment date: | 2015 |
| Seat : | Corona USA |
| Website: | wmvca.org |
The World Mosquito Control Association (WMCA) is the worldwide association of specialists and experts with the aim of strengthening cooperation on technical and operational aspects of mosquito control . By coordinating research by the numerous national organizations and exchanging results with international organizations such as the WHO and the UN , the increasing risk of diseases such as malaria is to be countered more effectively than before.
History and goals
WMCA is a non-profit organization based in Corona, California that was founded on February 23, 2015. The members are the mosquito-fighting organizations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the USA.
The overall aim of WMCA is to promote effective and efficient control of mosquitoes and related issues and to pass on the related information to the members and other interested parties.
WMCA promotes cooperation in 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 .
WMCA 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 founding 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
- World Mosquito Control Association website
- Website of the KABS eV
- European Mosquito Control Association (EMCA) website
- American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA)
- Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA)