Zoonosis and vector borne diseases

The diseases discussed in this module(Zoonosis and Vector Borne Diseases) have killed hundreds of millions of people over the last several thousand years.  Many of them are facilitated by human behavior such as leaving standing water around homes allowing for mosquitoes to breed or people moving into the edge of forests where they come into contact with infected animals.  What are potential solutions we might use to protect health? What would you tell policy makers and government officials regarding the health implications of these activities?