TDR HISTORY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OVER 3 DECADES

"Organizations, like families, come from somewhere and are shaped by their history. I believe that successful organizations have a sense of identity, a sense of history. Otherwise, they have no stability. The core values are what count, the organizational culture, which, like any society's culture, is the glue that keeps an entity together."

Dr Bernhard Liese, Chair, International Health Programs, Georgetown University and former World Bank representative to the JCB.

For over three decades, TDR has been making a difference to scientific research on diseases of poverty and to health in disease endemic countries. The history section of the TDR website is designed to orient you to TDR's roots, values and legacy – from the programme's foundation in 1975 and the creation of the JCB 1978 until today. Presented here is a recently-published historical account of TDR, published in 2007 to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of the founding of TDR's Joint Coordinating Board, its main governing body. Other key articles and interviews on TDR's history and legacy also are presented here, as well as a timeline of key TDR achievements.

TDR's history in review: Making a Difference, 30 Years of Research and Capacity Building in Tropical Diseases

TDR wins the 2011 Gates Award for Global Health: Ambassador John Lange from the Gates Foundation says, "This year's winner has truly changed the landscape of global health."

Nature Reviews Microbiology (May 2008; Vol. 6, No.5) article and timeline on TDR 30 year history [PDF: 219Kb, 10 pages]

Speeches made by high level officials at JCB(30) session, June 2007 [PDF: 1.3Mb, 16 pages]

Timeline of key achievements [PDF: 194Kb, 4 pages]

TDR HISTORY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR OVER 3 DECADES

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