Who funds us

TDR receives voluntary contributions from donors for most of our income. Our contributing partners include:

  • co-sponsors
  • governments / member states
  • others (foundations, agencies etc.)

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News from TDR Director, John Reeder

This month we profile our youngest TDR Global member ever, report on new gender equity and social innovation initiatives, highlight critical research on a new drug for onchocerciasis, and review work in fairness and effectiveness of our support.

ORCID – connecting research and researchers

Rob Terry, TDR’s Knowledge Manager, explains why TDR now asks all its research partners to obtain their free unique ORCID iD for use in all grant and publication activities.

TDR Global - a new platform for research networking.

About TDR: Building the science of solutions

TDR, the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is a global programme of scientific collaboration established in 1975. Its focus is to improve the health and well-being of people burdened by infectious diseases of poverty through research and innovation. TDR is hosted at the World Health Organization (WHO), and is sponsored by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and WHO.

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TDR celebrates 40 years of commitments

May 2014
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