title: [Evolution of the theory and practices for the control of vector borne diseases].
abstract: The conceptual models of the public health have bonds with the advance in the knowledge of the VBDs. The establishment of the colonial empires, the sprouting of great scale sanitary interventions, the creation of tie international organisms dedicated to the promotion of the health, the participation of phylantropic institutions financing and organizing different health campaigns are only a few contributions to the field. This body of knowledge contributed to the birth and the progress of several medical disciplines, academic institutions and international organisms dedicated to the education of human resources, research and health services; establishing the production and reproduction bases of this intellectual field. The way that VBDs have been faced has also molded great part of the ideas and the practices in Public Health and its essence has been adopted to elaborate the prevention and control programs of other many problems of health.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigación en Sistemas de Salud, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gómez-Dantés
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D003715:Dengue / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D055552:Infectious Disease Medicine / Q000266:history*; D007303:Insect Vectors; D008288:Malaria / Q000266:history / Q000517:prevention & control; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000266:history; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history*