01659nas a2200241   4500000000100000008004100001653002200042653001200064653001700076653001100093653002400104653002100128100001700149700001600166700001400182700001300196700001500209245005200224856003200276300000800308490000600316520109500322       2017                            d10aCapacity building10aControl10aEpidemiology10aGender10aInfectious Diseases10aWomen in science1 aSommerfeld J1 aManderson L1 aRamirez B1 aGuth J A1 aReeder J C00aInfectious disease research and the gender gap.  uhttp://tinyurl.com/y9x68kb9  a1-50 v23 a<p>Historically, women have been less likely to be supported through higher degree training programmes, and they continue to hold more junior positions in science. This paper reviews the current gender research and gender capacity-building efforts led by the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). Created more than 40 years ago as the only United Nations-based Special Programme dedicated to research and research capacity building on infectious diseases, TDR has a longstanding track record both in supporting research into gender-specific questions and in research capacity strengthening among women scientists. We provide an overview of these approaches, then describe a recent pilot programme on Women in Science, designed to understand and remedy the gender gaps in health research. The programme focused on Africa, but it is hoped that the replication of such schemes in TDR and other international funding agencies will lead to more attention being given to women in infectious diseases research in other continents.</p>