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• World Malaria Report shows malaria decreasing
  New progress at the community level with diagnostics and treatment
  15 December 2011
• New director appointed to lead TDR
  8 December 2011
• Local production can improve access to medicines, vaccines and diagnostics
  A new WHO report provides a framework and analysis
  7 December 2011
• A single treatment for visceral leishmaniasis under study
  Faster with fewer side effects
  4 November 2011
• Eliminating visceral leishmaniasis
  A multi-pronged approach
  4 November 2011
• Finding every VL case with the help of community members
  Leveraging multiple donors and research organizations for a coordinated approach
  4 November 2011
• TB research roadmap launched
  Priorities for the next 5-15 years
  1 November 2011
• 32 new African Centres of Excellence named
  African Network for Drugs and Diagnostics Network holds 4th annual conference
  31 October 2011
• Nine projects to find new solutions to dengue and Chagas disease
  An eco-bio-social approach in Latin America and the Caribbean
  29 October 2011
• How to increase data sharing equitably
  INDEPTH scientific conference panel discussion
  27 October 2011
• Implementation research to reach the Millennium Development Goals
  World Health Summit symposium on how to help more women and children
  24 October 2011
• Social determinants examined for their impact to improve health
  A world conference in Rio de Janeiro
  20 October 2011
• Antigen detection tests for TB
  A systematic review calls for more research into this area
  19 October 2011
• Update on TDR organizational changes
  14 October 2011
• New contribution places Sweden at the top of TDR funders
  14 October 2011
• Many more rapid malaria tests meet international performance recommendations
  Countries have greater choice for quality tests
  12 October 2011
• A new TDR and UNICEF plan on the agenda at the World Health Summit
  Improving maternal, newborn and child health
  10 October 2011
• Open source drug research for schistosomiasis
  Improving praziquantel
  27 September 2011
• Malaria treatment in urban areas
  Community care providers increase coverage
  12 September 2011
• A new approach where malaria is highly seasonal
  An opinion published in Trends in Parasitology
  9 August 2011
• Two new studies on TB diagnostics tests
  Global and Indian data
  9 August 2011
• The new WHO policy on TB diagnostics
  Providing the evidence for its development
  5 August 2011
• Research priorities identified for zoonoses
  4 August 2011
• Eliminating malaria requires regional approach and research
  4 August 2011
• First global map of loiasis
  Help for treatment of river blindness and lymphatic filariasis
  28 July 2011
• New findings could make TB testing more accessible in poor countries
  28 July 2011
• Plasmodium falciparum msp1, msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa
  A study done across five sub-Saharan countries provides new evidence on how to assess the efficacy of antimalarial drugs
  8 July 2011
• Dengue vector control research completed in Asia
  5 year initiative focused on eco-bio-social strategies
  22 June 2011
• WHO-based research programme wins 2011 Gates Award for Global Health
  New social networking site provides platform to share stories of research progress
  17 June 2011
• European Commission supports TDR initiative to improve community access to health interventions
  13 June 2011
• Exxon Mobil Foundation provides funding to help scale-up malaria interventions
  13 June 2011
• World Bank provides US $ 1.6 million
  13 June 2011
• Eliminating malaria requires regional approach and research
  10 June 2011
• New strategy to support the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis
  27 May 2011
• Social determinants approaches to public health: from concept to practice
  23 May 2011
• TDR wins the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health
  18 May 2011
• Applications sought for positions on multiple drug resistant TB working group
  12 May 2011
• Rethinking TB: an examination into the socio-economic determinants underlying the disease and the ethical issues they raise
  9 May 2011
• Data needed on people infected with visceral leishmaniasis: call for expansion of working database
  9 May 2011
• Remembering Gustavo Kouri
  7 May 2011
• Rapid diagnostic tests vital to expanding use in remote settings
  20 April 2011
• A community approach can improve the rational use of antimalarials
  20 April 2011
• Getting antimalarials to those who need them most through implementation research guidance
  20 April 2011
• Paludisme au Mali – Exemple du CSCOM de Siby, en pays mandingue
  Mission de sensibilisation contre le paludisme, Commune rurale de Siby, Cercle de Kati, Mali. Rapport d’une volontaire d’une ONG
  20 April 2011
• World Malaria day — A Day to Act
  TDR supports World Malaria Day - research on the rational use of drugs
  20 April 2011
• TDR recognized for excellence in interactive media
  12 April 2011
• TDR commemorates World TB Day
  24 March 2011
• A dearth of diagnostic tools for childhood TB
  23 March 2011
• Join a live webcast discussion on implementation research 21 March
  18 March 2011
• TDR reorganizing for efficiency
  17 March 2011
• New series examines social science aspects of neglected tropical diseases
  17 February 2011
• Chasing the kissing bug: new study cracks open the door for improving diagnoses of chagas
  17 January 2011
• Kenya and South Africa elected co-Chairs at inaugural Board meeting of ANDI
  14 January 2011
• Childhood tuberculosis: addressing a forgotten crisis
  14 January 2011
• Commercial TB test alert: TDR research leads to an unusual warning from WHO
  14 January 2011