FAIRFAX, Va. – On Wednesday, May 4, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) will host a virtual workshop entitled Zika: What You Need to Know.
Beginning at 1 p.m. EST on May 4, the 3.5-hour workshop is designed to deliver business, technical and messaging expertise to pest management professionals in preparation for the upcoming mosquito season.
"This workshop will offer all NPMA members free access to the latest Zika information as it relates to the virus background, business models for effective mosquito control, technical information on Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus and messaging to inform current and potential customers about facts on Zika this season," said NPMA Chief Industry Relations Officer Andrew Architect.
Sponsored by MGK, Oldham Chemicals, Univar and Zoecon/Central Life Sciences, the workshop features a representative from the Centers for Disease Control (invited), Greg Sweat from Arrow Exterminators in Atlanta, Georgia, Dave Billingsly from American Pest in Fulton, Maryland, and Dennis Jenkins from ABC Home and Commercial Services in Lewisville, Texas. Also presenting is Cindy Mannes, the executive director of the Professional Pest Management Alliance and Jim Fredericks, Ph.D., NPMA's vice president of technical and regulatory affairs.
The workshop will be broken into four segments, as follows:
Part one: Disease considerations and mosquito biology
Part two: Business models
Part three: Talking with your customers about mosquito control
Part four: Treatment methods
This session is open to all pest management professionals, but will be available for download exclusively to NPMA members. Click here to register.
For more information in Zika and mosquito control, check out this webinar we did with Dr. Nicky Gallagher, technical services manager for Syngenta PPM, and Dr. Grayson Brown, professor at the University of Kentucky’s Department of Entomology