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.
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1 June 2009
Stakeholders' meeting on strengthening research partnerships for neglected diseases of poverty
16-18 March 2009: stakeholders meeting, Berlin, GermanyThe two-and-a-half-day stakeholders' meeting on strengthening research partnerships for neglected...
13 March 2009
Good clinical laboratory practice (GCLP)
In 2006, WHO/TDR convened a meeting of organizations engaged in clinical trials in disease endemic countries to discuss the applicability of GCLP guidelines...
5 September 2008
Laboratory-based evaluation of 19 commercially available rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis
Accurate and prompt tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is critical to disease control. Simple user-friendly and affordable detection tools could save lives and...
29 June 2007
Lessons learned in home management of malaria : implementation research in four African countries
Improving child survival required investment in approaches that empower the rural poor, giving them the tools to recognize the signs and symptoms of malaria...
Three decades of remarkable change — for our global village, for health, for scientifi c research and for TDR — give reason for refl ection...
1 June 2007
TDR Business Plan 2008-2013
Vision and StrategyTDR's renewed vision for the next 10 years is to foster: “An effective global research effort on infectious diseases of poverty,...