ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2017
Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- The role of social vulnerability in improving interventions for neglected zoonotic diseases: The example of Kyasanur Forest Disease in India.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- The role of agriculture in achieving Universal Health Coverage in Africa.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Social insights on the implementation of One Health in zoonosis prevention and control: a scoping review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2022Article
- Co-production of knowledge as part of a OneHealth approach to better control zoonotic diseases.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- An Update on African Trypanocide Pharmaceutics and Resistance.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
- COVID-19: an opportunity to re-evaluate the implementation of a One Health approach to tackling emerging infections in Nigeria and other sub-Saharan African countries.The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association · 2021Review
- Operationalising the "One Health" approach in India: facilitators of and barriers to effective cross-sector convergence for zoonoses prevention and control.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Systemic factors for enhancing intersectoral collaboration for the operationalization of One Health: a case study in India.Health research policy and systems · 2021Article
- 'None of my ancestors ever discussed this disease before!' How disease information shapes adaptive capacity of marginalised rural populations in India.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
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Abstract
Zoonotic diseases will maintain a high level of public policy attention in the coming decades. From the spectre of a global pandemic to anxieties over agricultural change, urbanization, social inequality and threats to natural ecosystems, effectively preparing and responding to endemic and emerging diseases will require technological, institutional and social innovation. Much current discussion emphasizes the need for a 'One Health' approach: bridging disciplines and sectors to tackle these complex dynamics. However, as attention has increased, so too has an appreciation of the practical challenges in linking multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral research with policy, action and impact. In this commentary paper, we reflect on these issues with particular reference to the African sub-continent. We structure the themes of our analysis on the existing literature, expert opinion and 11 interviews with leading One Health scholars and practitioners, conducted at an international symposium in 2016. We highlight a variety of challenges in research and knowledge production, in the difficult terrain of implementation and outreach, and in the politicized nature of decision-making and priority setting. We then turn our attention to a number of strategies that might help reconfigure current pathways and accepted norms of practice. These include: (i) challenging scientific expertise; (ii) strengthening national multi-sectoral coordination; (iii) building on what works; and (iv) re-framing policy narratives. We argue that bridging the research-policy-action interface in Africa, and better connecting zoonoses, ecosystems and well-being in the twenty-first century, will ultimately require greater attention to the democratization of science and public policy.This article is part of the themed issue 'One Health for a changing world: zoonoses, ecosystems and human well-being'.
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