Annual report 2022: Global engagement

An essential part of TDR’s work is to engage with the global health community to promote and facilitate the role of research for development and to advocate for the use of high-quality evidence to inform policy. TDR is at the interface between research and health care delivery. Embedded within the United Nations family through its co-sponsors (UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO), this unique position allows TDR to create a bridge from local communities to the World Health Assembly to enable the broadest possible scope of dialogue and debate across the spectrum of health research – from priority setting to evidence-based policy-making at local, national, regional and global levels. 

This global engagement includes collaboration with WHO regional offices, shaping the global health research agenda, leading a collaborative network on research funding, promoting and supporting research on community-based social innovations for health, and leveraging a global network of scientists and experts who have been associated with TDR.