WHO has announced a new database, the Drug Target 
Prioritization Database, designed to facilitate the 
development of medicines to fight infectious diseases 
afflicting the developing world.
The database assembles comprehensive information for  a 
diverse array of parasitic and bacterial diseases.
The goal is to identify and prioritize drug targets against 
diseases that predominantly affect developing countries. It 
is unique in that it allows any researcher -- in both 
developed and developing countries -- to have access to 
this kind of information....

The TDRtargets.org web site combines available genomic and 
bioinformatic data for each priority organism with 
automatically extracted and manually curated information 
from the research literature and other databases relevant 
to each putative drug target. The network has invested 
substantial effort in annotation to assist scientists in 
the identification of high-value drug targets. The database 
also permits comments from experts in the field.

Potential drug targets can be ranked according to their 
desirability, providing prioritized, customized lists....

[T]he network encourages the international community to 
take advantage of this resource, contribute additional 
data, and make suggestions for further improvement.