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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TDR strategy 2018-2023

This document covers the TDR strategy for 2018-23. It lays out TDR’s focus on research for increased implementation and access, graphically displaying...

TDR 2016 annual report

This report provides an overview of the key research achievements and ongoing progress; research capacity building and research priority setting activities;...

This timeline is the final result of the 2014 celebration of 40 years of achievements and impact. In this publication, there are examples of visionary,...

Operational Guide: Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks

This publication is designed to provide programme managers with a user-friendly tool that can: (i) analyse and draw conclusions from historic dengue datasets;...

This brochure provides an overview of TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases. It outlines the vision, mission, values...

Using the TDR global competency framework for clinical research

A set of tools to help develop clinical researchThis document describes the tools that support the use of the TDR Global Competency Framework for Clinical...