Resumen

GOMEZ, Irey; ALARCON, Luis  y  VELASQUEZ, Ysabel. Changes in Management of the Anti-malarial Service in the State of Sucre. Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2006, vol.11, n.34, pp.277-303. ISSN 1315-9984.

The purpose of this project was to study some changes in the management of the anti-malarial service in the State of Sucre. For this review, the experience of the Mariño municipality during the period 2002-2003 was taken as an empiric reference point since this municipality is one of the malaria-risk areas in the federal Venezuelan territory. Methodologically, techniques of participative observation were used in discussion groups and informal interviews applied to 17 health functionaries registered with this service. Among the results, those that stood out were the process of institutional re-structuring whereby the former Malariology Division was replaced with the current Management of Environmental Health and Sanitary Control, the adoption of a management strategy with a participative character united with continuous follow-up and evaluation of the strategies for attention to, prevention and control of malaria. These changes produced a positive impact in the functioning of this service, reflected in control of the endemic disease during this period in the affected areas.

Palabras clave : Decentralization; malaria; social management; State of Sucre.