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WELCOME!

Fighting Mosquitoes Together | The Virgin Gorda Community

• 1. Welcome & Introductions
• 2. Why We’re Here - Our Mosquito Challenge
• 3. What We Will Do Together to Fight

Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

• 4. OPEN DISCUSSION & QUESTIONS
• 5. Upcoming Events

Overview

A Community-Driven Program

to Fight Mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases

• n Virgin Gorda

Community Leadership Non-Profit Initiative Privately Funded Rapidly Organizing to Prepare for Zika Global Advisory Board and Experts In Coordination with the BVI Government

What is BugOut?

Government Representatives

• Mr. Vincent Wheatley - BVI Sister Islands Coordinator

District Representative - Mr. Verne Wheatley Chief Environmental Safety Officer - Mrs. Yolanda Penn Chief BVI Health Services - Dr. Ronald Georges Deputy Director, BVI Tourist Board - Shereen Flax

BugOut Team

Jonathan Oakes - Eustatia Island Sarina Hancock - Eustatia Island Lauren Keil - Moskito Island Delores Creque - Bitter End Yacht Club Valerie Barcik - Guavaberry Estates Vaman Ramlall - Necker Island Grey Frandsen - Co-Chair, Advisor

• Dr. Alan Wheeler - Advisor

Our Steering Committee

Mosquitoes transmit all 3 of these diseases

If we reduce mosquito populations we reduce the risk of disease spreading in our community

Why are we here?

ZIKA, DENGUE & CHIKUNGUNYA

• Zika is all around us and is inevitably coming to the BVI
• Repellents and nets do not solve the problem
• Mosquito control is only effective as whole Community

effort - Everyone must do their part

Why are we here?

The best way reduce mosquito populations is to eliminate their breeding sites

How can YOU help?

Eliminating Mosquito breeding sites Can reduce mosquito populations by 50-60%

• Standing water is the mosquito’s breeding site
• As little as a tablespoon of water can hold hundreds of eggs
• The eggs can survive without water for over a year and then hatch when in contact with water

This is how you can help…

Find and eliminate Mosquito breeding sites in your yard and around your home..

How can we help at home?

What to look for...

1. Water Drains / Barrels 2. Old Tyres 3. Uncovered tanks / cisterns 4. Discarded buckets / containers 5. Vases 6. Flower pots and saucers 7. Bottles 8. Discarded tins / paint cans 9. Discarded toys 10. Roof guttering 11. Bottles / brick holes 12. Pet Containers 13. Unmaintained pools 14. Garden containers and tools

Find and eliminate Mosquito breeding sites in your House

How can we help at home?

What to look for… 1. Cisterns / Wells 2. Flower Vases 3. Buckets and Pails 4. Flower pots with saucer What to do…

• Seal up your Cisterns
• Change vases / water regularly
• Empty any unused containers
• Remove Saucer for flower pots

Alert the BugOut Team! If you see any major areas which may be potential breeding sites

Such as:

• Old tires
• Sewerage Gutters
• Construction Areas
• Derelict boats, cars and trucks
• Open wells or unfinished cisterns
• Large containers

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How can we help in the community?

Community Engagement, Education and Empowerment Surveillance and Monitoring Targeted, Safe Mosquito Control Continuous Community Feedback, Improvement Community Source Reduction & Clean-up

BugOut - Campaign Layers

BugOut! Steering Committee

Advisory Board

(Scientific, Industry, and Public Health)

Steering Committee

(Approvals and Evaluation)

How BugOut is organised...

Private Stakeholders

(Funding, In-Kind Contributions, Insights)

Community Leaders

(Community Action, Education and Support)

Working Group

(Daily Management, Operations & Field Workers)

Government

(Program Guidance and Resource Coordination)

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Precinct Division: 1. Spanish Town South 2. Spanish Town North 3. Mango Bay Coastal Area 4. Gun Creek Area 5. Leverick Bay & Resorts

BugOut Super-Precincts

Spread the word…

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