The Office of Gender Affairs is located at the Mill Mall on Wickhams Cay I.
Call the Environmental Health Division at 468-5110 or email us at ehd@gov.vg if you have a mosquito infestation problem and feel that fogging is needed. Please note that after a premises has been inspected by the Vector Control Officer of the Division, if someone is present at the household then the Officer will give that person an Inspection Notice. If no one is present at the household then the Inspection Notice is left at the premises in a conspicuous place. The premises notice is produced in English or Spanish. Where containers of grave concern are found, a Notice of Violation (black writing on a yellow background) requiring immediate action is also placed on the container/item of concern.
The Department must follow all Government policies on privacy and confidentiality. Only those whose job requires them to view your personal information will have access to your information. The staff at the Department are bound by strict confidentiality rules that do not allow unauthorized disclosure of your personal information.
A person is deemed to be a food handler if she/he engages in or assists in the carrying out of any process or operation in the sale, preparation, transport, storage, packaging and wrapping, service or delivery of food.
Managers, owners or authorised employees.
One who is authentically employed by a registered permanent food establishment.
Any person who fits the definition of a food handler that must be certified.
Contact the Environmental Health Division at 468-5110.
Fogging only kills the adult mosquitoes. If there are active breeding containers, adults will emerge two to three days after fogging. This is why self inspection and removal of breeding sites by home owners/occupiers is important.