About IDRC

Excellence In Infectious Diseases ResearchIDRC

Who We Are

The Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration (IDRC) is a non-profit research organization. IDRC conducts research on infectious diseases including Malaria, HIV and Tuberculosis. Our studies have led to more than 500 publications and have impacted the management of infectious diseases in Uganda.

IDRC was established in May 2008 by Ugandan health scientists from Makerere University College of Health Sciences and the Uganda Ministry of Health.

Our Core Values

IDRC research work and service delivery are anchored on the I-TRAIN core values:

Integrity
Teamwork
Respect
Accountability
Innovation
Network

What We Do

IDRC conducts high quality research in infectious and other diseases of public health importance through collaboration and partnerships. Our key research areas include:

Malaria research
Tuberculosis research
HIV research

Our mission

To conduct high quality research in infectious and other diseases of public health importance through collaboration and partnerships.

Our vision

To be recognized as leaders in Malaria, HIV, TB and diseases of public health importance research.

Research is seeing what everybody else has seen and thinking what nobody else has thought.

– Albert Szent-Györgyi

2008

March 1999

Organization Founded

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June 1999

Kampala Office opened

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August 1999

Team Starts Growing

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View our Team

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December 1999

First Large Project

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Find out more

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2009

February 2008

Expanding to East Africa

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