STEPS Working Paper 73 This paper explores the framings of trypanosomiasis, a widespread and potentially fatal zoonotic disease transmitted by tsetse flies (Glossina species) affecting both humans and livestock. This…
Politics of knowledge: Whose knowledge matters in trypanosomiasis policy making in Zambia
The Politics of Trypanosomiasis Control in Africa
STEPS Working Paper 57 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…
Zoonoses research updates
The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium is bringing together natural and social scientists to understand four neglected zoonotic (passed from animal to human) diseases in five African countries:…
Biofortification: lessons from the Golden Rice project
Biofortification is an umbrella term for a diverse range of projects and possibilities. It is best understood on three levels: as a range of technologies for developing micronutrient – dense…
The social and political lives of zoonotic disease models: Narratives, science and policy
Social Science & Medicine Volume 88, July 2013, Pages 10-17 Zoonotic diseases currently pose both major health threats and complex scientific and policy challenges, to which modelling is increasingly called…
Socioeconomic development as an intervention against malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lucy S Tusting, Barbara Willey, Henry Lucas, John Thompson, Hmooda T Kafy, Richard Smith, Steve W Lindsay The Lancet, June 2013 (online) Background: Future progress in tackling malaria mortality will…
Bangalore: From Garden City to Garbage City
Bangalore is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. With a population approaching 9 million, it produces around 4000 tonnes of solid waste each day. Most of this is dumped…
Zoonoses: from Panic to Planning
This Rapid Response briefing from the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium sets out recommendations for a new, integrated ‘One Health’ approach to zoonoses that moves away from top-down disease-focused…
Pandemic Flu Controversies: What have we learned? Reflections from a workshop to discuss lessons, policy implications and future challenges
This report details discussions at the Pandemic Flu Controversies workshop held on 10-11 January 2013, organised by the STEPS Centre and University of Sussex Centre for Global Health Policy. There…
Swine flu: what went wrong?
Although the H1N1 ‘swine flu’ pandemic of 2009-10 was less severe than anticipated, the event revealed weaknesses in the world’s current configuration of planning for and responding to pandemic influenza,…