Health and sustainable development: challenges and opportunities of ecosystem approaches in the prevention and control of dengue and Chagas disease

Abstract

Abstract

Promoting Health and Well-Being by Managing for Social–Ecological Resilience: the Potential of Integrating Ecohealth and Water Resources Management Approaches

“…For example, capacity building and research funding by Canada's International Development Research Centre's (IDRC) "Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health (Ecohealth)" Program Initiative has funded a growing body of ecohealth research and projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East (Lebel 2003, De Plaen and Kilelu 2004, Boischio et al 2009, and has more recently progressed into the development of Communities of Practice in EcoHealth (see: http://publicwebsite.idrc.ca/EN/Pr ograms/Agriculture_and_the_Environment/ Ecosystem_Approaches_to_Human_Health/Pages/ default.aspx).…”

“…Parkes and Horwitz (2009) argue that catchmentbased water-resources management provides fertile ground to rethink the settings approach and envision new "settings" for human health and environmental sustainability. Not only does consideration of water orient public health to the systemic relationships underpinning human health and well-being, but it could also help overcome the missed opportunity to focus on the commonalities between health promotion and sustainable development (von Schirnding 2005, Butler 2006, Boischio et al 2009, Waltner-Toews 2009. Focusing on watersheds as a setting for health and sustainability encourages a view of health-water relationships that goes beyond the traditional focus of water management on drinking water supply, sanitation, and contaminants.…”

Conocimientos y factores de riesgo relacionados con la enfermedad de Chagas en dos comunidades panameñas donde Rhodnius pallescens es el vector principal

“…No resulta eficiente aplicar las técnicas tradicionales de uso de insecticidas para la eliminación de vectores domésticos que mantinen una transmisión continua de la infección (13). En años recientes se ha insistido en que el control de la enfermedad de Chagas requiere un manejo integral e interdisciplinario (enfoque ecosistémico), con la participación activa y efectiva de los miembros de la comunidad afectada (14). Esto implica que el éxito de los programas de prevención está ligado a que gran parte de los habitantes de las zonas afectadas cuente con un mínimo de conocimientos sobre el problema de salud y las medidas a su alcance para evitar la transmisión de esta parasitosis.…”

Contribuições recentes sobre conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas da população brasileira acerca da dengue

“…Novos modelos de caráter ecossistêmico, englobando as dimensões biológicas, de conduta, ecológicas, políticas e econômicas, estão sendo propostos para superar o modelo tradicional do tipo linear, valorizando o saber e a participação da comunidade. Entretanto, existem poucos estudos sobre essa abordagem realizados no Brasil (Caprara et al, 2009;Boischio et al, 2009).…”