TDR Intersectional gender research strategy

Overview

Gender norms, roles and relations are all known to influence people’s susceptibility to different health conditions, particularly those associated with infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Sex and gender are key drivers of health outcomes, including through delivery and access to health products and services for the prevention and control of infectious diseases. The new strategy will ensure that TDR’s research programmes address these issues and emphasize gender as an entry point into a deeper intersectional analysis.

As well as guiding TDR’s work it is hoped that the strategy will inspire research partners in their efforts to combat infectious diseases of poverty.

Related publications

• Incorporating intersectional gender analysis into research on infectious diseases of poverty: a toolkit for health researchers