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Get to Know About EACCR3

Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu

Overall Project Coordinator (EACCR3)

EACCR is an Eastern African-led network established in  2009 and comprises of 23 regional partners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and 5 Northern partners from Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, , and United Kingdom.

It aims to strengthen the capacity to conduct internationally acceptable health research with specific focus on clinical trials on poverty related diseases (HIV, TB, Malaria) and neglected Infectious emerging and re-emerging diseases) in the region.

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Our Objectives

Capacity Building

To strengthen the collaboration and optimize the use of shared research infrastructures and other capacity building resources and opportunities.

Promoting Research

Promoting an increase and retention of the independent African researchers, research leaders and managers.

Training & Mentorship

To boost and deliver an Eastern Africa training and mentorship program.

Clinical Trials

To establish a new node (NID) to manage and establish the needed facilities to conduct clinical trials on neglected, emerging and re-emerging disease that burden the region.

Supporting Institutions

To strengthen and strategically expand South-South and North-South collaborations between researchers and institutions with a specific focus on supporting less established institutions in building capacity for high quality clinical research.

Networking & Dialogue

To promote networking, and dialogue between researchers, communities and policy makers to maximize the use of health research evidence for shared knowledge management, policy change and improved health programming in Eastern Africa.

Work Packages
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EACCR3 Work Packages
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Partner Institutions
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Our Work Packages

EACCR3 Operates through 5 Work Packages:

HIV Work Package

HIV-AIDS is a security threat of great public health concern in EACCR. This Work Package is where HIV-specific networking and research capacity-building activities will be handled/implemented. The HIV Work Package is located at Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI)...

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TB Work Package

The EACCR TB work package is coordinated by Dr Sayoki G Mfinanga who is also the Chairperson of the TB work package management committee, assisted by Dr Bernard Ngowi who is also serving as the secretary of the TB work package management committee...

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Malaria Node

The Work Package’s ultimate goals are to integrate and synergise efforts to; strengthen research capacity, network amongst partners and improve south-to-south and north-to-south collaborations, facilitate EDCTP’s vision of accelerating development of new drugs...

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Training Work Package

The Training Work Package, which is located at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania, coordinates training and mentoring activities of EACCR, especially those of cross-cutting nature...

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NID Work Package

In the EDCTP2 programme emphasises the following neglected infectious diseases (NIDs): dengue/severe dengue, rabies, human African sleeping sickness (trypanosomiasis); leishmaniases, cysticercosis/taeniasis...

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