Prior to COVID, we had just one reference lab regarding viral infections are concerned. We had Uganda Virus Research Institute. Yet when COVID came, we dealt with CDC. CDC has been really on the center
of strengthening the solutions regarding viral and also any kind of epidemic outbreak security in the nation. CDC developed capacity and also we’ve been able currently to broaden our ability from one viral laboratory in UVRI. Today, as I chat,
we have much more laboratories in the nation that are able
to identify COVID. So, it has actually been a video game changer actually. I think, diagnostic plays
a huge duty in high quality of treatment– timeliness, the authenticity,
and also the top quality of the results make a great deal of difference,
even we as the medical professionals. So we give thanks to CDC for that. By the time COVID can be found in
we took a decision as ministry to accredit more laboratories. Since we currently had actually accepted SLMTA,
( Enhancing Research Laboratory Monitoring Toward Certification) we already had SLMTA auditors, that assisted us in examining all these laboratories. I’ll inform you what.
When the analysis was done, as a result of the SLMTA
that they had experienced, they met the demands
for accreditation. They had systems in position, top quality systems, biosafety was in place,
HR was there, logistics monitoring and this is due to the fact that these laboratories
had already been enrolled on SLMTA. And also as we speak now, we’ve.
really decentralized our COVID screening to also to the reduced health and wellness centers,.
to the local reference healthcare facilities, and this means, we have raised accessibility,.
we’ve successfully taken care of the COVID.But this is
because we have actually developed a system.
through the SLMTA program. As well as I think had it.
not been that, we would have lost count on in our outcomes.
by our stakeholders. We would not have handled to test.
or raise gain access to. So, we actually appreciate that.
Uganda took up this and also it discovered us.
all set to be able to manage COVID. So we'' ve effectively managed COVID.
due to the fact that we had a great laboratory system, that was strengthened.
by the SLMTA program. Yes.
