Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine announcement
A new pooled TB testing toolkit will help healthcare providers to reach the ‘missed millions’ who go undiagnosed with the disease each year.
Evidence from Start4All, a four-year Unitaid-funded partnership led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has already shown that pooled sputum testing can cut costs and expand access to TB diagnosis without compromising accuracy.
The findings have informed World Health Organization guidelines, and will now be part of a practical toolkit for National TB Programmes and others who are looking to implement or scale-up pooled testing.
Read more about the toolkit here.
Access the toolkit here.
For more TB updates, check out the TB CAB Weekly Newsletter (Issue #13, 24 April 2026).
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