National Tuberculosis Reference Lab
The functions of the National Tuberculosis Reference Lab (NTRL) as cut out within the Ministry of Health include: To administer and provide oversight of TB Diagnostic Networks in Kenya. Carrying out evidence-driven population-based surveillance to determine TB Prevalence in the country through participation in survey protocol development, preparing training Materials for field implementers, training, technical support oversight of sampling and executing testing processes, collating testing data to inform the determination of National TB Prevalence. To coordinate routine laboratory-based TB Surveillance using testing data including rifampicin resistance by Genexpert, Bactec MDR/XDR TB phenotypic culture and molecular characterization, these results are then linked to community intervention including cash transfers to support nutrition components for patients on MDR/XDR-TB treatment regimens
https://nphl.go.ke/national-tb-reference-laboratory-ntrl