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Laboratory was started as the Uganda Bacteriological Investigation Unit
in the late 1950âs under the then East African Community. The laboratory
participated in anti TB clinical trials and drug toxicities under the
then British Medical Research Council (MRC).
After the collapse of the East African Community in 1970âs, the
laboratory reverted to the line ministries. Its name changed to Central
Tuberculosis laboratory (CTBL) in 1980âs and National Tuberculosis
Reference Laboratory in the 1990âS.
The Uganda National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory established under
the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Programme (NLTP) of the Ministry
of Health (MoH) received accreditation from the WHO in April 2013,
making it the first SRL in East Africa, and the second in Sub-Saharan
Africa to achieve this status.
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