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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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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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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