East Africa Consortium for Clinical Research. This project aims to establish a new node (NID) to manage and establish the needed facilities to conduct clinical trials on neglected, emerging and re-emerging diseases that are burdening the region. Through this program, CDT-Africa established a clinical trial and clinical research node for neglected tropical diseases, particularly leishmaniasis and malaria. The project intends to boost and deliver an Eastern Africa training and mentorship program promoting an increase and retention of the independent African researchers, research leaders and managers to conduct internationally competitive clinical trials. It also plans to strengthen and strategically expand South-South and North-South collaborations between researchers and institutions with a specific focus on supporting less established Eastern Africa institutions in building capacity to conduct high quality clinical research. It has five work packages that leads the projects to strengthen the collaboration and optimize the use of shared research infrastructures and other capacity-building resources and opportunities. A consortium that consists 23 institutions from Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Rwanda, Belgium, Sweden, UK, and the Netherlands implement the project. EDCTP funds the specific NID project with €42,000 for a total duration of 36 months.