Simpler, smarter detection for missed millions

TB remains the world's deadliest infectious disease despite being curable. Work in Papua New Guinea shows that simpler, community-based screening tools can find the millions of cases current systems miss — if policymakers back the shift.DisclosureThe managing editor of the Devpolicy Blog, Robin Davies, is a non-executive director of the Burnet Institute. About the author/sHelen CoxProfessor Helen Cox is Head of Burnet's Prevention of Tuberculosis and Other Airborne Pathogens working group. She is an epidemiologist and public health practitioner with extensive research experience related to the programmatic management and epidemiology of TB, and specifically drug-resistant tuberculosis.Brendan CrabbProfessor Brendan Crabb AC PhD FAA FAHMS FASM is an infectious disease researcher and Director and CEO of Burnet Institute. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. He currently serves as Chair of the Australian Global Heal