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
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Floridaen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationConservation Through Public Healthen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Londonen
cg.contributor.affiliationZoological Society of Londonen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Guelphen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Edinburghen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Health Organizationen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Zimbabween
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Cambridgeen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorWellcome Trusten
cg.contributor.donorDepartment for International Development, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorEconomic and Social Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorNatural Environment Research Council, United Kingdomen
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierDelia Grace: 0000-0002-0195-9489en
cg.creator.identifierBernard Bett: 0000-0001-9376-2941en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0172en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0962-8436en
cg.issue1725en
cg.journalPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Ben
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriEPIDEMIOLOGYen
cg.subject.ilriHEALTHen
cg.subject.ilriPOLICYen
cg.subject.ilriRESEARCHen
cg.subject.ilriZOONOTIC DISEASESen
cg.volume372en
dc.contributor.authorBardosh, K.L.en
dc.contributor.authorScoones, J.C.en
dc.contributor.authorGrace, Deliaen
dc.contributor.authorKalema-Zikusoka, G.en
dc.contributor.authorJones, K.E.en
dc.contributor.authorBalogh, K. deen
dc.contributor.authorWaltner-Toews, D.en
dc.contributor.authorBett, Bernard K.en
dc.contributor.authorWelburn, S.C.en
dc.contributor.authorMumford, E.en
dc.contributor.authorDzingirai, V.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-07T07:26:02Zen
dc.date.available2017-06-07T07:26:02Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/81467
dc.titleEngaging research with policy and action: what are the challenges of responding to zoonotic disease in Africa?en
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2017-06-05en
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
dcterms.issued2017-07-19en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherRoyal Societyen
dcterms.subjectepidemiologyen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectzoonosesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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