Newly Launched Uganda Hypoxia Lab is a Step Toward Greater Equity in Medical Device Testing

From the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences by Taytum Sanderbeck

This year, a partnership between researchers in Uganda and UCSF launched the Uganda Hypoxia Lab, the first independent medical device research and testing facility of its kind in East Africa. The lab was established to address a persistent global health issue: bias in medical testing, particularly in hypoxia testing.

The lab, based in Kampala, Uganda, is co-led by Ugandan clinicians and researchers and developed in partnership with UCSF’s Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA), which is part of IGHS; the UCSF Hypoxia Lab; the Association of Anesthesiologists of Uganda (AAU); and faculty from Makerere University.

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