This initiative was led by the NCD alliances of Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, and Rwanda, in partnership with the Danish NCD Alliance, the global NCD Alliance, and three universities (University of Southern California Institute for Global Health, Office of Global Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University and Center for Global Health, Aarhus University). The Initiative aimed to promote regional cooperation between the East Africa NCD alliances, as well as providing a coordinated platform for advocacy on NCDs in health and development agendas. It is funded by the DANIDA Civil Society Fund.