This study aimed to analyze the sustainability of the malaria control policy in El Bagre
during 2011. An exploratory mix-methods research QUAL?quan was made. 14 interviews
and a documentary research were carried out in order to identify social-ecological processes
related to malaria dynamics. This study found that processes such as mining, migrations,
social practices and cultural beliefs, armed conflict, and climatic variations were related to
the disease behavior, and that the policy structure revealed a scarce capacity of actors to
adapt control actions to such processes. Even though the malaria control policy has been
effective, this is scarcely sustainable.