Programa de erradicação do Aedes aegypti: inócuo e perigoso (e ainda perdulário)

Augusto, Lia Giraldo da Silva; Torres, João Paulo Machado; Costa, André Monteiro; Pontes, Carlos Eduardo Collazo; Novaes, Tereza Carlota Pirez

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x1998000400031

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“…For more than 100 years, this mosquito has been widely known to transmit the viruses of yellow fever and dengue, and more recently those of chikungunya and Zika. This little insect has subsequently become part of the infrastructure of science and health policies (Löwy 2006, Segata 2018a): although the diseases are quite different, they are all shaped by mosquitoes; accordingly, most public health policies surrounding these diseases rely on the monolithic method of killing mosquitoes with pesticides (Augusto et al 1998). Mosquito-centrism is the principal symptom of our health policies.…”

Section: Recalcitrance Uncertainties and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mosquitopia

Hall¹,

Tamir²

2021

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This edited volume brings together natural scientists, social scientists and humanists to assess if (or how) we may begin to coexist harmoniously with the mosquito. The mosquito is humanity's deadliest animal, killing over a million people each year by transmitting malaria, yellow fever, Zika and several other diseases. Yet of the 3,500 species of mosquito on Earth, only a few dozen of them are really dangerous-so that the question arises as to whether humans and their mosquito foe can learn to live peacefully with one another. Chapters assess polarizing arguments for conserving and preserving mosquitoes, as well as for controlling and killing them, elaborating on possible consequences of both strategies. This book provides informed answers to the dual question: could we eliminate mosquitoes, and should we? Offering insights spanning the technical to the philosophical, this is the "go to" book for exploring humanity's many relationships with the mosquito-which becomes a journey to finding better ways to inhabit the natural world. Mosquitopia will be of interest to anyone wanting to explore dependencies between human health and natural systems, while offering novel perspectives to health planners, medical experts, environmentalists and animal rights advocates.

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Section: Recalcitrance Uncertainties and Futuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mosquitopia

Hall¹,

Tamir²

2021

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“…Além disso, havia um outro "viés" na produção de dados para as tecnologias de preparação: o mosquitocentrismo (Augusto et al, 1998;Segata, 2017). Febre amarela, dengue, zika e chikungunya são doenças diferentes, mas o mosquito é o que formata grande parte da resposta em saúde.…”

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Covid-19, biossegurança e antropologia

Segata

2020

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Resumo Sofrimento, ansiedades e incertezas estão por toda a parte em face da pandemia de Covid-19. Tem sido uma experiência impactante, contudo cada vez mais comum. Nas últimas décadas, diferentes domínios de interesse, como aquele das emergências sanitárias e do clima e da autonomia alimentar e do terrorismo, tiveram seus caminhos cruzados na mira de ações de Estado para a vigilância e o controle de humanos, animais, artefatos e ambientes. Esse movimento complexo tem semeado algumas críticas que articulam inúmeras preocupações contemporâneas. Elas performam o emergente campo da antropologia da biossegurança. O objetivo deste trabalho é fornecer uma introdução a esses debates e suas possibilidades de interseção com aqueles da antropologia da saúde, da ciência e da tecnologia, das relações humano-animal e ambientes e suas críticas a partir de conhecimentos e práticas locais.

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Dengue vector-control services: how do they work? A systematic literature review and country case studies

Horstick¹,

Runge-Ranzinger²,

Nathan³

et al. 2010

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygi

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The increasing incidence and geographic expansion of dengue suggest limitations of vector-control operations. We undertook an analysis of services with two methods: a systematic literature review; and case studies (stakeholder interviews, questionnaires) in Brazil, Guatemala, The Philippines and Viet Nam. In the systematic literature review there were only a few studies (strict criteria, 9 studies; less strict criteria, a further 16 studies and 3 guidelines). Of the 9 studies, 3 showed little change of control operations over time but did show strategic changes (decentralisation, intersectoral collaboration). Staffing levels, capacity building, management and organisation, funding and community engagement were insufficient. The case studies confirmed most of this information: (1) a lack of personnel (entomologists, social scientists, operational vector-control staff); (2) a lack of technical expertise at decentralised levels of services; (3) insufficient budgets; (4) inadequate geographical coverage; (5) interventions relying mostly on insecticides; (6) difficulties in engaging communities; (7) little capacity building; (8) almost no monitoring and evaluation. Stakeholders' doubts about service effectiveness were widespread, but interventions were assumed to be effective with increased resources. The analysis underlined the need for: operational standards; evidence-based selection/delivery of combinations of interventions; development/application of monitoring and evaluation tools; needs-driven capacity building.

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Programa de erradicação do Aedes aegypti: inócuo e perigoso (e ainda perdulário)

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