Our governance, our strength
TDR’s governance is at the core of our success. The Joint Coordinating Board (JCB) allows for governments and institutions of disease-affected countries, United Nations co-sponsors, development partners and other global stakeholders to come together to shape and oversee TDR’s work. This is complemented by managerial and financial oversight of the Standing Committee, and scientific oversight provided by the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and scientific working groups.
TDR is cosponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO, and operates within a broad framework of intergovernmental and interagency cooperation and participation. The executing agency is the World Health Organization (WHO).
Framework of collaborationTerms of reference with WHO Regional and Country Offices
Accessing the World Health Organization's Geneva campus
For badge retrieval from the main reception, visitors must bring with them photo identification.
COVID-19 vaccination is no longer required to enter the WHO campus. However, WHO continues to recommend vaccination as a protective measure for high-risk people according to SAGE recommendations and invites all members of the workforce and visitors to adopt the relevant IPC measures based on an individual risk assessment.
Code of conduct
All TDR events adhere to WHO's Code of Conduct to prevent harassment, including sexual harassment.
Preventing and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (WHO website)
Code of conduct (available in Arabic, English, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish)