ABSTRACT
This chapter talks about the tropical diseases that influence labor productivity and land-use patterns. In Africa it is malaria, trypanosomiasis, river blindness, and schistosomiasis. In Latin America it is malaria. There now exist two programs which could serve as building blocks for international research in two of the diseases. The onchocerciasis control program (OCP) has some characteristics of an international center. For the animal disease component of trypanosomiasis, there's ICIPI. The strategy that came out of St. Lucia is the key strategy that is being used today in the control of schistosomiasis. With multi-country programs and sustained international financing they would be more or less resistant to short-run national government political pressures while still being located in the areas where the problems are greatest. The chapter deals with the development of institutional relationships among scientists and policy-oriented people in countries around the world.
