ABSTRACT
At the present time, we see that the emergence, or reemergence, of worldwide infectious diseases and global environmental changes are more closely related than was once believed. Human vulnerability usually involves a lack of information concerning surrounding risks, consequences of human activities, and about the implications of research on human habitat that researchers ought to communicate more effectively to individuals and communities. A new ethical paradigm, implying changes in the modes of education, information, socialization, as well as life and environmental values, must be activated at the levels of the individual, the community, and by the authorities, as a new model of public health laws and regulations goes into effect. Agricultural use and activities are tied to the presence of malaria in Sucre state (northeastern Venezuela). Zones where agricultural activity and anthropogenic intervention are higher correspond with more vulnerability to the impacts of malaria incidence.
