Prof. Pontiano Kaleebu
Overall Project Coordinator (EACCR2)
EACCR2 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.
To strengthen the collaboration and optimize the use of shared research infrastructures and other capacity building resources and opportunities.
Promoting an increase and retention of the independent African researchers, research leaders and managers.
To boost and deliver an Eastern Africa training and mentorship program.
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.
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.
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.
EACCR2 Operates through 5 Nodes:
The Node’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...
The Training Node, 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...
