F. A. Asaaga, A.Sriram, J. C. Young, M. M. Chanda, S. L. Hoti, B. V. Purse
August 22, 2023
‘It doesn’t happen how you think, it is very complex!’ Reconciling stakeholder priorities, evidence, and processes for zoonoses prioritisation in India
Paper Summary
Why do some zoonotic diseases receive priority from health policy decision-makers and planners whereas others receive little attention?
By leveraging Shiffman and Smith’s political prioritisation framework, our paper advances a political economy of disease prioritisation focusing on four key components: the strength of the actors involved in the prioritisation, the power of the ideas they use to portray the issue, the political contexts in which they operate, and the characteristics of the issue itself (e.g., overall burdens, severity, cost-effective interventions).
These components afford a nuanced characterisation of how zoonotic diseases are prioritised for intervention and highlight the associated knowledge gaps affecting prioritisation outcomes.
We apply this framework to the case of zoonoses management in India, specifically to identify the factors that shape disease prioritisation decision-making and outcomes.
Citation
Asaaga FA, Sriram A, Chanda MM, Hoti SL, Young JC and Purse BV (2023) ‘It doesn’t happen how you think, it is very complex!’ Reconciling stakeholder priorities, evidence, and processes for zoonoses prioritisation in India. Front. Public Health. 11:1228950
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1228950
Published: August 22, 2023