Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationConservation Through Public Healthen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Londonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of Londonen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Guelphen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Health Organizationen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zimbabween_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Cambridgeen_US
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Healthen_US
cg.contributor.donorWellcome Trusten_US
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en_US
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0172en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn0962-8436en_US
cg.issue1725en_US
cg.journalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Ben_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen_US
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen_US
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen_US
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen_US
cg.volume372en_US
dc.contributor.authorBardosh, K.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorScoones, J.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKalema-Zikusoka, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, K.E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBalogh, K. deen_US
dc.contributor.authorWaltner-Toews, D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWelburn, S.C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMumford, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDzingirai, V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T07:26:02Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-06-07T07:26:02Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81467en_US
dc.titleEngaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?en_US
dcterms.abstractZoonotic 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’.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2017-06-05en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBardosh, K.L., Scoones, J.C., Grace, D., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Jones, K.E., Balogh, K. de, Waltner-Toews, D., Bett, B., Welburn, S.C., Mumford, E. and Dzingirai, V. 2017. Engaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372(1725): 20160172.en_US
dcterms.issued2017-07-19en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherRoyal Societyen_US
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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