National Tuberculosis Center

Welcome to National Tuberculosis Center

Tuberculosis Control Programme was launched by the Government of Nepal almost six decades ago. In 1937, the ‘Tokha Sanatorium’ situated in the north of Kathmandu city was established. The Central Chest Clinic (CCC) came into existence in 1951 with the facility of diagnosis and treatment services for the TB patients on a domiciliary basis. Similarly, in 1965, the TB Control Programme was systematically organized with a tripartite agreement between the Government of Nepal, WHO, and UNICEF. Since then, the TB Control Programme started on a nationwide basis, offering preventive measures such as BCG vaccination, case-finding, and distribution of drugs. Later, the Central Chest Clinic and TB Control Programme were amalgamated into one centre as the National Tuberculosis Centre. As a result, the National Tuberculosis Centre in Thimi, Bhaktapur, at the central level and the Regional Tuberculosis Centre (RTC) at the regional level in Pokhara were established in 1989 with the cooperation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency.