Our work

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 publications

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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...

Making a difference : 30 years of research and capacity building for tropical diseases

Three decades of remarkable change — for our global village, for health, for scientifi c research and for TDR — give reason for refl ection...

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,...

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. 

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...

Effective project planning and evaluation in biomedical research: Trainers’ manuals

This train-the trainer course and its training material has been developed and tested in collaboration with ten African research institutions. Publication...