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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10 August 2000
A focused research agenda to influence policy and practice in home management of malaria
In May 2000, the Task Force on Malaria Home Management, plus some 30 invitees from universities, research institutions, Roll Back Malaria, the WHO Regional...
30 June 2000
TDR strategy 2000-2005
TDR is now 25 years old. A long history, compared with the lifespan of other health and research initiatives in the UN – but a short one, considering...
1 June 2000
Implementation and sustainability of community-directed treatment of onchocerciasis with ivermectin:...
This report describes the findings of a multi-country study that was designed to address the question of the long-term sustainability of community-directed...
2 May 2000
Tropical disease research results portfolio
A collection of final reports from projects selected by independent scientific experts. TDR_GEN_00.1.pdf (451.9Kb) TDR_GEN_01.2.pdf...
15 December 1998
New perspectives : malaria diagnosis
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for malaria are now available that allow the detection of Plasmodium-specific antigens in a finger-prick blood sample in...
1 June 1998
Guidelines for analysis of REMO data using GIS
These guidelines were prepared following an informal consultation on the analysis and interpretation of Rapid Epidemiological Mapping of Onchocerciasis...