TDR: tropical diseases research

Overview

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases - is a coordinated attack by the world's scientific community upon diseases of the tropics, and is jointly sponsored by the UN Development Programme, the World Bank and WHO. TDR stimulates and supports research on new and improved methods to control six major diseases (malaria, schistosomiasis, filariasis, trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis and leprosy) by funding research projects world-wide, and by giving special assistance to research institutions in tropical countries.