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WHO okays 3 Ugandan labs, donates monkeypox test kits

Tony Abet by Tony Abet
July 27, 2022
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WHO okays 3 Ugandan labs,  donates monkeypox test kits

The World Health Organization representative to Uganda, Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam (left) hands over Monkeypox test kits to Ms Jane Ruth Aceng, the Minister of Health (right) in Kampala on July 26, 2022. PHOTO/FRANK BAGUMA

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given Uganda test kits for monkeypox following the accreditation of laboratories that can perform the tests.

The kits have capacity to conduct 2,400 tests, according to WHO.

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While receiving the test kits yesterday in Kampala, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health minister, said the donation from WHO will strengthen the monkeypox testing in the country.

Read : Uganda strengthens surveillance for Monkeypox      

“We have been carrying out tests for monkeypox. In the beginning, we were taking tests to South Africa as we run the race to make sure that the cartridges are available in Uganda,” she said.
She added: “Subsequently, the department of defence of the US government brought in the cartridges and we started testing in-country as we wait for WHO to accredit the laboratories that would test so that our results are internationally recognised.”

Read more: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/who-okays-3-ugandan-labs-donates-monkeypox-test-kits-3893534

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