SDI is an externally funded programme of diagnostic development for sexually transmitted infections. It is currently housed within the Product Research and Development unit of TDR as a pilot effort to exploit synergies between TDR functional areas and neglected communicable diseases not included in the TDR portfolio of diseases.  
                                        SDI history

Upcoming in 2003

WHO-sponsored symposium at ISSTDR meeting Ottawa, Canada July 27-30, 2003
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