ArticleAmerican journal of clinical pathology2021
Strengthening Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity to Support Cancer Care in Uganda.
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- Transforming Hematology Care in Africa: Strategies for Enhanced Diagnosis and Treatment.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Building clinical pharmacology laboratory capacity in low- and middle-income countries: Experience from Uganda.African journal of laboratory medicine · 2023Article
- Building Perinatal Pathology Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Accuracy of Pathologic Diagnosis in Patients With Lymphoma and Survival: A Prospective Analysis From Botswana.JCO global oncology · 2021Article
- Increasing access to quality anticancer medicines in low- and middle-income countries: the experience of Uganda.Future oncology (London, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesAn accurate cancer diagnosis is critical to providing quality care to patients with cancer. We describe the results of a laboratory improvement process that started in 2017 to improve access to cancer diagnostics at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI). The overall objective of the project was to build capacity for the provision of quality and timely laboratory diagnostics to support cancer care in Uganda.
methodsA phased multistep approach was used to improve laboratory capacity, including staff training, additional staff recruitment, equipment overhaul, and optimization of the supply chain.
resultsThe program led to the establishment of a pathology laboratory that handled 5,700 tissue diagnoses in 2019. Immunohistochemistry services are now offered routinely. Turnaround time for histopathology has also reduced from an average of 7 to 14 days to 5.4 days. The main clinical laboratory has also increased both the test volume and the test capacity, with the additional establishment of a molecular diagnostics laboratory.
conclusionsOur project shows a pathway to the improvement of laboratory diagnostic capacity in cancer care centers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Improved laboratory diagnostic capacity is critical to improving cancer care in SSA and more rational use of targeted therapies.
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