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New paper explores science and policy debates surrounding trypanosomiasis and tsetse control – Advocates One Health Approach The Politics of Trypanosomiasis Control in Africa, a new working paper by Professor Ian Scoones of the Institute of Development Studies, UK, http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/cvscoonesshortnov06.pdf explores the scientific and policy debates surrounding trypanosomiasis control. The paper focuses in particular on Zambia and Zimbabwe where Professor Scoones is undertaking research with the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium (www.driversofdisease.org), a multidisciplinary research programme exploring the links between ecosystems, poverty and disease. Based on an extensive review of documentary material and interviews with scientists and policymakers, Professor Scoones’s paper offers an assessment of the changing institutional politics associated with tsetse and trypanosomiasis control. It investigates the controversies surrounding different control methods and considers how the focus on particular methods has meant that alternatives have often been overlooked and the perspectives of livestock keepers ignored. In addition, it explores how competition for dwindling research and operational funds, combined with a lack of institutional coordination, has resulted in the failure to develop an integrated approach linking 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. Published in the STEPS Working Paper series, The Politics of Trypanosomiasis Control in Africa can be downloaded from the STEPS Centre website (http://steps-centre.org/publication/politics-trypanosomiasis-control-africa/). Provided by:  Naomi Marks Communications Officer Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium STEPS Centre Institute of Development Studies Brighton, BN1 9RE UK Twitter @DDDAC_org Tel: +44 (0) 1273 915606