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Built to be flexible and easily adapted at the country level, the NPOC/swab toolkit offers practical resources such as:
- readiness assessment checklists;
- training slides, checklists and competency assessment tools;
- a method verification protocol for near point-of-care testing that can be used by national programmes and decentralized testing sites;
- standard operating procedures (SOPs) and job aids for specimen collection and testing;
- a site-level capacity calculator to project local test, instrument, and battery capacity needs; and
- automated monitoring and evaluation (M&E) spreadsheets.
This NPOC/swab toolkit aims to accelerate evidence-based, quality-assured scale-up of these new TB diagnostic interventions by equipping countries with practical, ready-to-use tools that can be tailored to align with national guidelines and programmatic priorities. By enabling more accessible and efficient TB testing strategies, the toolkit has the potential to strengthen early detection and diagnosis of TB toward achieving global End TB targets.
WHO would like to thank the technical experts that contributed to the toolkit development or review, including, but not limited to, the R2D2 TB Network, the Stop TB Partnership, and GLI Core Group.
