The use of modern science knowledge towards improving the efforts to combat zoonoses -, diseases that are communicable by animals -, in tropical regions is a concern taken into account by the World Health Organization (WHO) officials. In this article we intend to present the development of a logistical planning methodology for the prevention and combat of dengue, based on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Decision Support Systems with optimization models incorporated. We also present a Web, desktop, palm and pocket-based computational framework tool for use as a support in the application of such methodology, which was tested in a pilot case in the city of Sobral and most recently in the city of Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil, and that has been providing a better view of the dimension of the problems faced by the officials responsible for coordinating the combat of diseases caused by zoonoses, namely dengue.
logistics for the combat of tropical diseases; integer programming; spatial DSS; Web systems
