The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for research and training in Tropical Diseases – TDR
The UNICEF-UNDP-World Bank-WHO Special Programme for research and training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) is an independent global programme of scientific collaboration established in 1975. It is co-sponsored by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO). It aims at coordinating, supporting and influencing global efforts to combat major diseases of the poor and disadvantaged. The strategic matrix for sleeping sickness includes research on basic knowledge, new tools, interventions methods and strategies.