The conflict mediation potential to control arboviruses vectors in Brazilian slums

Abstract

This essay starts from the premise that the best strategy to control mosquito vectors of arboviruses  and achieve effective prophylactic results in the  complex urban environment of Brazilian slums is to promote routine environmental management actions  within an integrated and interdisciplinary approach. This premise is based on the complex social and  urban reality of the slums, on the history of failures of  vector control actions to obtain effective prophylactic  results, and on the successful examples of  environmental management in the country. The  alternative prophylactic method used in Brazil based  on the release of mosquitoes, in particular, infected  with Wolbachia, is commented on, but still lacks  prophylactic results in Brazilian slums. From this  premise, we argue that there is great potential for  using conflict mediation skills to pursue effective and  feasible environmental management actions to  eliminate urban breeding sites for arboviruses vectors  in the slums where many socially vulnerable  communities reside.