Eastern & Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC) was established within KEMRI with the assistance of the Japanese government, through JICA, under the Global Parasite Control Initiative. ESACIPAC's mission is to undertake human resource development to strengthen research and control programmes on parasitic diseases in the eastern and southern Africa region.
Eastern & Southern Africa Centre of International Parasite Control (ESACIPAC) ilianzishwa huko KEMRI kwa usaidizi wa serikali ya Japani, kupitia JICA chini ya ari ya uzuifu wa vimelea ya ulimwengu. Lengo la ESACIPAC ni kushughulika na kufanikisha masuala ya wafanyikazi ili kutilia nguvu utafiti na taratibu za kuzuia magonjwa yaliyo na vimelea katika sehemu za Afrika mashariki na kusini.