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
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All >>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,...
1 January 2007
Tropical disease research: progress 2005-2006
The 18th Programme Report describes in detail the main projects and achievements of TDR during the 2005-2006 biennium.
1 January 2007
Effective project planning and evaluation in biomedical research: Participants’ manuals
This train-the-trainer course and its training material has been developed and tested in collaboration with ten African research institutions. Publication...
This train-the trainer course and its training material has been developed and tested in collaboration with ten African research institutions. Publication...
6 September 2006
Diagnostics for tuberculosis: global demand and market potential
In Diagnostics for tuberculosis: global demand and market potential, the World Health Organization's Special Programme for Tropical Diseases Research (WHO/TDR),...