title: [A complexity-based approach to zoonoses in Colombia].
abstract: The present reflection was aimed at making a contribution towards improving control policy and programs integrality and efficacy in an attempt to answer the following question, "How can understanding zoonoses in Colombia be approached from a complexity-based approach?" The first part of this article examines zoonoses as a complex problem and the reiterated tendency of control policy and programs to deal with them as a simple problem, involving unidisciplinary and reductionist responses. The current status of complexity is synthesized as a paradigm, as are the advantages of using it in analysis and formulating policy and interventions. Possible fields of work are proposed for development when approaching zoonoses in Colombia from a complexity science viewpoint.
authors.affiliation: Clínica Veterinaria Zooricatos, Pereira, Colombia. naportvet@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Angela N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Agudelo-Suárez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003105:Colombia; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D013598:Systems Theory; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000517:prevention & control*