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18Oct 2026
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NTRL Hosts Benchmarking Training for Kibongoto, Tanzania.

From 12th to 16th September 2026, the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) hosted a five-day benchmarking training at its Butabika facility for a delegation from Kibongoto, Tanzania. The visit gave the team a first-hand look at how Uganda runs its TB laboratory network, with a focus on External Quality Assessment (EQA) and proficiency testing (PT). Learning from Uganda’s experience The week opened with welcome remarks, an introduction to the training objectives, and a tour of...
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17Sep 2026
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Celebrating the Completion of Practical Training – Diploma Students from Medical Laboratory Training School Jinja

The National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) is proud to mark the successful completion of practical training for five dedicated students from Jinja Health Sciences Institute, currently pursuing their Diploma in Laboratory Technology. Over the course of their attachment at NTRL, these students immersed themselves in hands-on laboratory practice, gaining invaluable skills in: NTRL has always believed that quality laboratory science begins with strong foundational training, and it is a pr...
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14Aug 2026
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Closing Day at NTRL: Cohort 3 EQA Capacity Building Training Graduates Laboratory Professionals from Across Africa

The halls of Uganda’s National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory rang with a quiet but powerful sense of accomplishment last week as the third cohort of the Regional External quality assurance( EQA) mentorship of NTRL and NTP Managers from seven (7) countries; Tanzania, Botswana, Malawi, kenya, Guinea Bissau, Zimbabawe and Ethiopian. Building Training programme reached its closing day thus marking the end of an intensive, transformative hands-on training experience for laboratory professio...
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11Aug 2026
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Uganda SRL/NTRL Hosts International TB Laboratory Training as Uganda Battles Over 10,000 Annual TB Deaths

The National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) is this week hosting laboratory managers and programme managers from 23 countries for a 5-day International External Quality Assessment (EQA) Training in Kampala, Uganda at NTRL. Its a milestone that underscores Uganda’s growing role as a regional leader in TB diagnostics. The training, which opened on August 10, 2026 at NTRL’s facility in Butabika, focuses on new diagnostic tools including Pluslife and extra, helping participatin...
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05Aug 2026
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Taking TB Diagnostics to the Frontline: NTRL Expert Trainer Pius Lutaya Leads Plus Life Installation and Training at Paidha HC III, Zombo District and Jupanziri HC III, Nebbi district (West Nile)

Tuberculosis does not stay within city limits. It does not wait for fully equipped referral hospitals. It spreads quietly in rural communities, in fishing villages, in border towns – in places like Paidha, Zombo District, where access to advanced TB diagnostics has historically been limited by distance, infrastructure, and resources. That is exactly why NTRL goes beyond. Today, NTRL expert trainer Mr. Pius Lutaya is on the ground at Paidha HC III, Zombo District and Jupanziri HC III, Nebbi...
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04Aug 2026
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Precision in the Fight Against TB: Kenneth Kisenyi Leads Truenat Plus Life Training During Regional EQA Capacity Building Mentorship

In the global fight against tuberculosis, accuracy is everything. A missed diagnosis means a missed life. A delayed result means a delayed treatment. And a poorly calibrated machine means that somewhere, a patient receives the wrong answer about one of the most treatable yet most deadly; infectious diseases on the planet. It is against this backdrop that the Proficiency Testing (PT) Scheme Coordinator at Uganda SRL/NTRL, Mr. Kenneth Kisenyi, took to the front of the training room during Regional...
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30Jul 2026
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Beyond the Institution: NTRL Training Members Take TB Diagnostics Skills to Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital in Hands-On Field Experience

Learning in a reference laboratory is one thing. Applying that knowledge in a real hospital setting – where patients depend on accurate results every single day, is something else entirely. That is exactly what a group of trainees at the Uganda Supranational TB Reference Laboratory (SRL)/NTRL experienced when they visited Entebbe Regional Referral Hospital for an immersive field training session covering multiple laboratory sections, with a focused emphasis on TB diagnostics and the GeneXp...
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27Jul 2026
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Inside the Lab: How Uganda SRL/NTRL Internship Transforms Students into Confident TB Diagnostics Professionals

Every year, a select group of medical laboratory science and technology students walk through the doors of the Uganda SRL/NTRL and walk out fundamentally changed. What happens in between is not just an internship. It is an immersion into one of East Africa’s most respected diagnostic institutions, guided by some of the most experienced TB laboratory professionals on the continent. Hands-On from Day One From the very first day, interns at Uganda SRL/NTRL are placed at the bench – not...
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