The Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) is an international platform for biomedical research. KCCR’s modus operandi is based on the close collaboration between KNUST School of Medical Sciences in Ghana, the Ministry of Health and the Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) in Germany. The main objective of the center is to develop a series of world standard research programs through the acquisition of research grants to carry out biomedical research in communicable diseases such as neglected tropical diseases, antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis, malaria, and emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases; but also, in non-communicable diseases. KCCR houses one of the few level 3 laboratories established in West Africa. The Center is based on the campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana.