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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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,...
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...