The politics of trypanosomiasis control in Africa
dc.contributor.author | Scoones, Ian | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Zimbabwe | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-10T10:24:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-08-10T10:24:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01-13 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Scoones,I. (2014) The politics of trypanosomiasis control in Africa, STEPS Working Paper 57, Brighton: STEPS Centre | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781781181447 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/6700 | |
dc.description | One of series of seven working papers considering the political economy of One Health | en |
dc.description.abstract | African trypanosomiasis is a devastating disease, both for humans and animals. Over the last hundred years huge efforts have been made to control it. This paper explores the scientific and policy debates surrounding the control of the disease and its vector, the tsetse fly. The paper focuses particularly on East and Southern Africa, and so the savanna tsetse flies and Trypanosomiasis brucei rhodesiense. Based on an extensive review of documentary material, combined with a series of interviews with scientists and policymakers, the paper offers an assessment of the changing institutional politics associated with tsetse and trypanosomiasis control. The paper investigates in particular the controversies surrounding a range of control methods, including bush clearance, game culling, baits and traps, sterile insect release, animal breeding, drugs and vaccines, among others. The focus on particular control methods has meant that alternatives have often been overlooked, and the perspectives of livestock keepers living with the disease have not taken into account. In addition, competition for dwindling research and operational funds, combined with a lack of institutional coordination, has resulted in the failure to develop an integrated approach; one that links ecological and disease dynamics with socio-economic conditions. The conclusion discusses why such a ‘One Health’ approach is required, and why addressing the politics of science and policy is essential. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | STEPS Centre | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | STEPS Working Paper;57 | |
dc.rights | Users are welcome to copy, distribute, display, translate or perform this work without written permission subject to the conditions set out in the Creative Commons licence. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work. If you use the work, we ask that you reference the STEPS Centre website (www.steps-centre.org) and send a copy of the work or a link to its use online to the following address for our archive: STEPS Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RE, UK (steps-centre@ids.ac.uk) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.title | The politics of trypanosomiasis control in Africa | en |
dc.type | Series paper (IDS) | |
dc.rights.holder | STEPS Centre | en |
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