In general, it can be stated that the failure of community participation in vector control due to the short of appreciation toward local community leader roles and the existing social values, or even because of inadequate health education performance. In Sri Lanka, one of the problems was that the communities were not got proper knowledge about epidemiology and ecology related to the issue, even worse it had also affected the other health program activies. In Puerto Rico, it was clear that the longterm community support was very crucial, and top-down aproach was not effective. In this country, community-based health education had been developed, and they were encouraged to be responsible toward vector control activities in their own environment. In China, community become more cooperated in mosquitoe control after using fish predator Clarias fuscus, because it can be eaten or saleable. The key success of community participation in Singapore,wass the availability of government regulation and its strict law enforcement, health personnel were responsible for health education, but they were also capable of become law enforcer. In Thailand, vector control program become more successful after involving several related parties, such as schools, nongovernment organizations, and the local governments. Whereas in Indonesia, the vector control program was done by implementing integrated and partnership approaches. Key words: communihJ, control, participation, vector. Hendro Martono Badan Litbangkes, Depkes, Jakarta
