{"id":4598,"date":"2025-04-25T08:44:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernpearlreports.com\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2025-04-25T08:44:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T05:44:31","slug":"nhlds-wins-prestigious-who-recognition-for-pandemic-preparedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/nhlds-wins-prestigious-who-recognition-for-pandemic-preparedness\/","title":{"rendered":"NHLDS Wins Prestigious WHO Recognition for Pandemic Preparedness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kampala, Uganda<\/strong> &#8211; The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, has congratulated the National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS) on its recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Center for Excellence for Pandemic Preparedness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This prestigious recognition highlights the laboratory&#8217;s exceptional capabilities in preparing for and responding to pandemics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHLDS works to improve the national laboratory system in Uganda and other African nations, as part of the Inter-Country Laboratory Strengthening (ILSS) project, a partnership between Uganda and the East African Community Secretariat (ECSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Aceng extended her congratulations to the Commissioner of NHLDS, Dr. Susan Nabadda, and her team, expressing pride in their outstanding work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our very own National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS) has been recognized by WHO as a Center for Excellence for Pandemic Preparedness. Congratulations Commissioner NHLDS Dr. Susan Nabadda and your excellent team. We are so proud,&#8221; said Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition of NHLDS demonstrates the country&#8217;s commitment to strengthening its health infrastructure and enhancing its ability to respond to pandemics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recognition of NHLDS serves as a model for other laboratories and healthcare institutions in Uganda, highlighting the importance of excellence in pandemic preparedness and response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kampala, Uganda &#8211; The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, has congratulated the National Health Laboratory and Diagnostic Services (NHLDS) on its recognition by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Center for Excellence for Pandemic Preparedness. This prestigious recognition highlights the laboratory&#8217;s exceptional capabilities in preparing for and responding to pandemics. NHLDS works [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,23],"tags":[225],"class_list":["post-4598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","tag-nhlds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.messiahradio.co.ug\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}