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Stewardship –harmonizingresearch efforts andaligning prioritiesto country needsTDR’s stewardship function is focused on providing the knowledge necessary to makeresearch policy and priority decisions, and advocating for research needed to reduce thediseases of poverty. Activities are designed to bring together institutions, investigators,donors and decision-makers in international health research – helping those in diseaseendemic countries play a pivotal role in setting and implementing relevant, nationalresearch agendas. In line with its new strategy, TDR has created a Stewardship teamspecifically dedicated to the promotion of neglected diseases knowledge management,sharing and priority setting in the global health arena. However, stewardship activitiesare also carried out throughout TDR, as an element integral to disease-related research,capacity building and other activities. To enhance the coherence of research, TDR isStewardshincreasingly taking into account intersectoral issues that impact on neglected infectiousdiseases such as the environment and climate change.34