Now more than ever is the time to align efforts, learn from experiences and share knowledge if we are to improve the health of populations in resource-limited settings and reach international targets such as the Millennium Development Goals.

Read more on this from our director Rebecca Weintraub, M.D.  in TropIKA.net, a platform for the acquisition, review and sharing of current information, priority needs and major research gaps in the field of infectious diseases of poverty by The Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR, a program sponsored by the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and the World Bank).