Our work
Our specific impact goals are to:
- Increase access to health interventions in countries with high burdens of infectious diseases through the generation and use of high-quality research.
- Accelerate the development of innovative tools, solutions and implementation strategies essential for disease control and elimination through research and partnership.
- Build a critical mass of researchers in disease-affected countries who can conduct, lead and further develop research through training and mentorship.
- Engage a broad global community to facilitate the role of research for development, and advocate for the use of high quality evidence to inform policy.
Recent news
AllRecent publications
All >>Training manual for community health workers to assess danger signs, provide emergency pre-referral treatment and refer treated children to a health facility ...
10 December 2012
Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Performance - Results of WHO product testing of malaria RDTs: Round 4 (2012)
The evaluation programme is co-sponsored by the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical...
27 November 2012
Research Priorities for Chagas Disease, Human African Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis
Technical Report of the TDR Disease Reference Group on Chagas Disease, Human African Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniasis Authors: Publication...
13 November 2012
Handbook for clinical management of dengue
Dengue infection is a systemic and dynamic disease. It has a wide clinical spectrum - ranging from flu like illness to severe dengue - which could be fatal. For...
29 October 2012
Adaptation to social, environmental and climate change impacts on vector-borne diseases
SummaryThis is the report from an informal expert consultation on “Adaptation to Social, Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Vector-Borne...
17 October 2012
TDR 2011 Results Report
SummaryThis report measures progress in three categories of key performance indicators using established baseline data and targets for 2013-2015. These...