Pest and Vector Management

At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. explain the terms pest, pesticide, pest control, pest management, IPM, IRS, IRM and many others; 2. describe the characteristics of pests of public health Importance; 3. classify vectors; 4. discuss public health implications of rodents and their control; 5. explain the roles of pests in disease causation; 6. distinguish pests and vectors; 7. identify common public health pests; 8. evaluate pest infestation status in a given area; 9. classify pesticides into insecticides, nematocides, acaricides, fungicides, bactericide; 10. identify major insecticides used in pest management such as Organochlorides, organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroides and many others; 11. describe pesticide formulation and use in environmental public health; 12. explain the principles of pesticide application and use; 13. identify pest and vector control equipment; 14. discuss pest management strategies; 15. compare the mechanism of actions of different insecticides; 16. classify public health pest; 17. evaluate pest and vector status in a given environment; 18. discuss vector-borne diseases; 19. explain insecticide Resistance and resistance Management (IRM) ; 20. describe pesticides formulation; 21. classify methods in pest management and control: such as chemical, biological, physical, environmental hygiene; 22. outline equipment for pest management; 23. compare indoor residual spraying (IRS) and outdoor spray; 24. distinguish fumigation, disinfection, disinfestation, decontamination, deodorization and spraying; 25. discuss vector-borne diseases; and 26. design and execute vector control programme.

Introduction to pest/vector and pest & vector management. Pest ecology – systematic and phylogeny. Athropodes of Public Health Importance: Insects – Culicidae (mosquito), Simulidae (Black fly), Phlebotomidae (Sand fly), Glossinidae (Tsetse fly), Muscidae (House fly), Splinantero (Fleas), Anoplura (Lice), nemiptera (Bug). Other classes of public health Importance: Diplopoda, Chlopoda, Arachnida. Rodents:-types, characteristics, habitats, life cycle, control and diseases associated with rodents. Assessment of pest status, Vector – definition, type, classification. Vector-borne diseases. Vector control programme. Diseases of Pests. Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Insecticide Resistance Management (IRM). Types of pesticides-organo- chlorines, organo-phosphates, carbamate and pyrethroids, pesticides formulation and use, methods in pest management and control: such as chemical, biological, physical, environmental hygiene, Equipment for Pest Management: Sprayers, rat trap. Indoor residual spraying (IRS). Outdoor spray. Principles of fumigation, disinfection, disinfestation, decontamination, deodorisation and spraying and many others.