Every year partners of the Eastern Africa Consortium for Clinical Research (EACCR3) network gather to assess progress, share best practices and challenges of implementing the project in an Annual General and scientific meeting (AGM). The first AGM was hosted by the Good Samaritan Foundation -Kilimanjaro Christian Centre (GSF-KCMC) at Kibo Palace Hotel in Arusha between 10th and 11th August 2022.