Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Who we are

The Drugs for Neglected Diseasesinitiative (DNDi) is an international, not-for-profit research and development (R&D) organization. Together with more than 200 public research and industry allies worldwide, we use the power of partnership, innovation, open science, and advocacy to develop and deliver new treatments for neglected diseases that disproportionately impact millions of the world’s poorest people. 

Our culture and values

Our Vision

A world where all people benefit from medical innovation and scientific progress.

Our Mission

DNDi discovers, develops, and delivers life-changing treatments for patients and communities who are neglected.

We demonstrate that innovation can be driven by need, not profit, and advocate for an equitable research and development (R&D) and access ecosystem.

We work with partners through a collaborative, public-interest R&D model that seeks to share knowledge and develop medicines as public goods.

Our Values

• People-centred
• Integrity
• Innovation
• Courage

You can find out more about who we are here: https://dndi.org/about/who-we-are/

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

As a global non-profit R&D and treatment advocacy organization with offices in eight countries and partners in nearly 50 countries, we naturally seek talent from a variety of areas of expertise and settings. We recognize that a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace culture are critical to the success of our mission and programmes. Our teams comprise an exceptional mix of expertise, and we embrace our cultural, ethnic, gender, professional, and other differences. Our workplace culture is also rich because it cuts across the worlds of science and advocacy, yet neither science nor advocacy alone defines us. 

The first among our values is to be people-centred. We are committed to creating a work environment that values human dignity and equity; we strive to drive innovation, performance, and productivity by empowering our diverse workforce to use their unique skills, ideas, perspectives, and qualities every day; and we support staff in realizing their full potential by removing employment-related disadvantages and barriers to participation, including through flexible working arrangements. We do not tolerate any act of discrimination, which we see as a barrier to equal opportunity, inclusion, human rights, and organizational effectiveness.

Our Board of Directors and Executive Team are sponsors of gender equality and geographic diversity at DNDi, and they encourage inclusion in all its forms. With diverse representation on our Board of Directors, we are working towards greater gender diversity by ensuring that the candidate pool for each new board appointment includes both male and female candidates, and we use open advertising to broaden the search for a diversity of candidates. Our Executive Team guides the development and oversight of DNDi’s Integrated People Strategy (Español, Français, Português) in partnership with our Human Resources team.

You can find more here (https://dndi.org/work-with-us/diversity-equity-inclusion/)