The INDEPTH Secretariat organized a proposal development meeting at Nairobi, Kenya from August 11 to August 15 2025. The meeting was hosted by Strathmore University (CREATES). The purpose of the meeting was to complete the development of a proposal, in response to an EDCTP call. Partners present at the meeting were Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC), MUCHAP of Makerere University, Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro (CRUN), Strathmore University (CREATES), CTI and INDEPTH. A third draft of the technical proposal together with a draft budget were completed. The final proposal (both technical and financial) was completed in Accra after the proposal development meeting and was successfully submitted.