Análise da implantação do Programa Nacional de Controle da Dengue: estudo comparativo de municípios fronteiriços de Mato Grosso do Sul (Brasil)

The research question followed by this paper: Have public policies for fighting dengue been fully implemented  in border municipalities given their territorial complexity? From this, we seek to analyze the influence of the  contextual characteristics of two border municipalities in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumba (Brazil/ Bolivia border) and Ponta Pora (Brazil/Paraguay border), regarding the Dengue National Control Program  (PNCD in the Portuguese acronym) degrees of implementation and their influence on the observed effects.  The methodology was an evaluative survey among Brazilian border municipalities. Data collection involved  documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews with stakeholders. The evaluative analysis showed  that the external context of the two municipalities was unfavorable to the implementation of dengue control  actions, and did not achieve the targets proposed by the PNCD. It is observable that there were concessions  between the external and political-organizational contexts to implement the PNCD partially.  Main ideas: Research article questioning the effectiveness of public policies for dengue control at the  borders. Evaluative and comparative study on the implementation of the National Dengue Control Program  (PNCD) between two Brazilian border municipalities. It highlights the influence of the external context on  public policy results.