Le paludisme à l'aube du millenaire : Leçons tirées de la littérature

The entomogical approach has dominated in the past the geographical - epidemiological study of malaria. Nowadays, new approaches are considering aspects such as representations, attitudes to adopt, change in the transmission process according to the ecosystems. The geographical approach here highlighted implies firstly the knowledge of the geo-epidemiology at the small areas love. This approach should also consider the entomological parameters, the environmental factors and the therapeutic behaviors in order to evaluate the efficiency of the action programmes