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. 2015 Dec 11;9(12):e0004241. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004241

Table 2. Question themes.

Question themes
• Personal context
• History of trypanosomiasis
• Describe the current debate on trypanosomiasis. How is the focal disease understood, labelled, differentiated (or not), prioritised or neglected as part of a cluster of diseases/health issues?
• Describe the impact of trypanosomiasis on people, animals and the environment
• Which drivers of disease are seen as most significant?
• What control options do you favour and why?
• Policy processes/narratives: What are the key actor networks? Who do you work with and who don’t you? Who should lead the response? How are policy priorities formed? How has land use changed? Is this important? Who has influenced this? Who influences policy? What are the drivers?
• Do people working on land use work with people working on disease control?
• Does ecosystem change affect disease? What kinds of ecosystem change are seen as significant, and which are ignored?
• With limited funding, should trypanosomiasis be a priority? Why?
• Is trypanosomiasis going up or down the policy agenda? What are the drivers?
• Do people collaborate? Is this useful? (One Health)
• What kinds of spillover and transmission dynamics are identified as important?
• Which groups of people are identified as vulnerable and why?
• What poverty impacts are identified?