Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute

Experience

Over the past 2 decades, we have developed the necessary experience and put in place the infrastructure and human resource to carry out clinical trials and biomedical research on different aspects of malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDs and neglected and non communicable diseases.

Research interests

1. East African Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR) – a collaboration between research and academic institutions of East Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia) and European countries (UK, The Netherlands, German, Sweden, Norway). Supported by EDCTP initiative for establishment of Network of Excellence (NoE). KCRI serves as a sub-HQ and the training node. KCRI Director serves as the Deputy Director of the consortium.
2. Poverty Related Infection Oriented Research (PRIOR) – collaboration between KCMC-Indonesia-Dutch Universities support from the Dutch government through NWO-WOTRO.
3. African Poverty Related Infection Oriented Research Initiative (APRIORI) – collaboration between KCMC and RUNMC support from the Dutch government through NACCAP.
4.Pan African Consortium for Evaluation of Antituberculous Agents (PanACEA) – collaboration between institutions in Africa (Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda) and European countries (UK, The Netherlands and Germany) supported by EDCTP to evaluated antiTb agents for improvement of the Tb regime and treatment duration.
5. Malaria Capacity Development Consortium (MCDC) – collaboration between African Universities from Tanzania (KCMC), Uganda (Makerere), Senegal (Dakar), Malawi (CoM) and Ghana (Kumasi), and European Universities from the UK (LSHTM, LSTM) and Denmark (CMP, DBL) supported by Welcome Trust.
6. Pan-African Malaria Vector Research Consortium (PAMVERC) – collaboration between Tanzania (KCMC, NIMR), Benin and UK (LSHTM) supported by Welcome Trust
7. Optimization of Diagnosis – collaboration between KCMC and University of Virginia (USA) supported by NIH (USA)
8. Training Health Researchers into Vocational Excellence in East Africa (THRiVE) – collaboration between Institutions from East Africa: KCMC, NIMR (Tanzania), Makerere, Gulu, UVRI (Uganda), National University (Rwanda) and ICIPE (Kenya), and The UK universities (LSHTM, Cambridge) supported by Welcome Trust
9. KCMC – Duke University collaboration funded mainly by NIH (USA)
10. Kilimanjaro Reproductive Health Program funded mainly by NIH (USA) through Harvard School of Public Health.
11. KCMC Reproductive Health Centre support from WHO, Norway and USA

Disease areas

• Cancer
• Dengue
• HIV
• Malaria
• Maternal Health
• Newborn Health
• Respiratory Diseases
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
• TB
• Yellow Fever
• Zika

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