Laboratory Training

Uganda - Kanungu District, 2003 | Photo Gallery

Prior to the implementation of the GHS eDOTS Program, IDP undertook the task of training all of the laboratory microscopists within the District who will be responsible for determining TB infection through the testing of sputum samples. IDP hired a local laboratory technician, with over 20 years of laboratory experience, to take the microscopists through two and a half months of training. All eight of the students passed the training with high scores, and are now prepared to properly test TB sputum samples at their local health units.

When IDP was introduced to the Kanungu District in 2000, there were only three health units capable of testing TB sputum samples. Since there are over 10 health units in the District of Kanungu, this issue was a major concern to IDP, as TB control is impossible without sufficient testing capabilities.