Day 11: August 7th, 2025 Uganda Cancer Institute

On Thursday, August 7th, our team visited Lancet Laboratory 🧪  a private lab with locations across Uganda, Europe, and South Africa. The Kampala branch we toured is the only Lancet lab in Uganda performing pathology.

Most pathology is completed in-house by just two pathologists, while immunohistochemistry is sent to South Africa via air courier ✈️. After an inspiring conversation on digital pathology, we agreed to collaborate with Lancet to access their archive of breast cancer slides spanning over 10 years 📂.

Later, we visited the Uganda Cancer Institute 🎗️, where we interviewed a pathologist, toured the facilities, and witnessed our first-ever whole slide scanner demonstration 🔬. Watching it in action was an exciting milestone for the team, a glimpse into the future of cancer diagnostics in Uganda.