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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Determining the local calibration of
computer-assisted detection (CAD) thresholds
and other parameters

This toolkit has been developed by the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the Global TB Programme (GTB) at...

TDR performance framework 2018-2023

Since 2009, both TDR’s Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) and the related annual TDR Results Reports have been increasingly used by TDR contributors...

19 September 2021

TDR 2020 Results Report

The results achieved in 2020, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on field work, are remarkable, in terms of both technical tools, solutions and...

In this report, we highlight many positive stories that have emerged in the background of the global crisis. In particular, we have found that our...

TDR 2019 results report

In 2019, TDR continued to deliver high levels of achievements, in line with the 2018-2023 strategy, and through collaboration with institutions in low-...

Operational guide using the web-based dashboard: Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks

This guide is an update to the previous version. This revised edition of Operational guide using the web-based dashboard: Early Warning and Response System...