Partners

TDR implemented the research programme with funding support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and in technical collaboration with WHO’s Department of Public Health and Environment (WHO-PHE), WHO’s Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) — notably its Programme for the Protection of the Human Environment (AFRO-PHE) — and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA.

The mission of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is “to foster an effective global research effort on infectious diseases of poverty and promote the translation of innovation to health impact in disease endemic countries”.

IDRC in Canada supports research in developing countries to promote growth and development. The result is innovative, lasting local solutions that bring choice and change to those who need it most.

Since 2003, TDR and IDRC have collaborated on ecohealth and vector-borne diseases research to improve population health and wellbeing. With the research initiative on “Population Health Vulnerabilities to Vector-Borne Diseases: Increasing Resilience Under Climate Change Conditions in Africa”, TDR and IDRC continue this collaboration in the fight against diseases of poverty for the improvement of public health in some of the world’s least developed countries.

Another major partner of this programme was the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). The mission of the IRI is to enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment, particularly in developing countries.

• Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) www.who.int/tdr

• International Development Research Centre (IDRC) www.idrc.ca

• WHO’s Department of Public Health and Environment (WHO-PHE)

• WHO’s Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) www.afro.who.int

• International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) www.iri.columbia.edu