World Health Organization news release
To support WHO member countries in their efforts to implement new policy recommendations for TB diagnostic testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO/GLI TB near point-of-care and swab-based testing toolkit (NPOC/Swab Toolkit) in collaboration with the Stop TB Partnership Global Laboratory Initiative (GLI). The NPOC/Swab Toolkit includes a comprehensive set of tools to support the implementation of TB near point-of-care nucleic acid amplification tests (NPOC-NAATs) using sputum and tongue swabs to diagnose TB with and without drug resistance.
Read the full news release here.
Access the toolkit materials here.
For more TB updates, check out the TB CAB Weekly Newsletter (Issue #14, 3 May 2026).
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Source : World Health Organization
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