As part of German-Kyrgyz Financial Cooperation (FC), a series of TB control programmes have been planned or implemented since 1998. To date, these have spanned five phases (I to V). The FC projects under review were related to phases III and IV, running from January 2009 until July 2016. The key measures undertaken were aimed at building and equipping a national reference laboratory (NRL) for TB in Bishkek. Quality assurance is conducted through a partnership agreement with the Supra-National Reference Laboratory in Germany. Other measures included drug deliveries and training for medical personnel at the NRL and other laboratories in the country. The construction of a new TB facility and supply of equipment to stations for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are now to be covered by the subsequent phase (TB-V; 2008 66 772).
