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Cochrane Reviews on Malaria by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews on neglected tropical diseases by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews on tuberculosis by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews on maternal and child health by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews on HIV/AIDS by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews on Diarrhoea by the READ-IT team

The Research, Evidence and Development Initiative (READ-It) is an accountable grant funded by UK aid through the Department for International Development (DFID) (project number 300342-104) and runs from 2018 to 2024. READ-It builds upon the previous work of the DFID-funded Effective Health Care Research Consortium (EHCRC) (grant number 5242). Visit the archived EHCRC website to find out more about EHCRC’s work from 2009-2018.

High-quality systematic reviews are key to informing DFID policies and health-related sustainable development goals, and are exactly what READ-It will produce. These systematic reviews are carefully conducted assessments of the reliable research evidence, and are sifted, appraised, and summarized. Each review has a specific research question, often related to the effects of an intervention or policy for the health of poor people. This new initiative will allow READ-It to identify topics, assemble multidisciplinary review teams, produce and quality assure the reviews, disseminate the findings, and update the reviews as new evidence emerges.

What we do

About READ-It

Over the past 20 years there has been a concerted effort to use reliable evidence in making decisions about health care. READ-It aims to improve the evidence base and ensure its dissemination. 

READ-It Partners

The READ-It Partners have significant experience engaging in national and international policy debate and awareness-raising activities in their areas of expertise.

Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, UK

Norwegian satellite of the Cochrane EPOC group

South African Partners

EPPI Centre, UCL Institute of Education, UK

University of Zambia

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Campbell South Asia

The Union, South East Asia

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Latest Publications

02 Dec 2019

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants

Intermittent preventive treatment could help prevent malaria in infants (IPTi) living in areas of moderate to high malaria transmission in sub‐Saharan Africa. 

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW
08 Nov 2019

Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the diagnosis of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV Policy update (2019)

The Global TB Programme convened a GDG meeting on 14–16 May 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland, to review the evidence for the use of LF-LAM. 

Dissemination products
21 Oct 2019

Lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay for detecting active tuberculosis in people living with HIV

This review update asks the question, "does new evidence justify the use of LF‐LAM in a broader group of people?”, and is part of the WHO process for updating guidance on the use of LF‐LAM.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE
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News

Dr Eleanor Ochodo wins prestigious Research Leader Grant

Dr Eleanor Ochodo of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, won one of the four 2019 African Research Leader Awards from the UKRI's Medical Research Council (MRC) and the UK Department for International Development (DFID).

21 Nov 2019

Cochrane Review authors selected as runners-up of Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Healthy Women Healthy Economies award

Equal pay, migrant workers, and maternal health were the three issues highlighted by the finalists of the inaugural Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Healthy Women Healthy Economies Award.

08 Nov 2019

Guiding plague prevention and treatment: an atypical journey

Plague experts meet in Madagascar, currently one of the countries most affected by plague.

08 Nov 2019

READ-It update on high impact reviews (August - October 2019)

From August - October 2019, READ-It has published three high-impact reviews through the CIDG

06 Nov 2019

Professor Taryn Young's Inaugural lecture at Stellenbosch University

In this inaugural lecture, Taryn shared experiences and reflected on initiatives implemented in the past two decades to influence the evidence ecosystem. 

22 Oct 2019

2019 Winner of the Aubrey Sheiham Leadership Award announced

Dr Marianne Visser has been announced as the 2019 winner of the prestigious Aubrey Sheiham Leadership Award for Evidence-Based Healthcare in Africa .

17 Oct 2019

Launch of the South African GRADE Network

The South African GRADE Network was formally launched at the African Cochrane Indaba held in Cape Town in March 2019.

16 Oct 2019

Congratulations to MSc graduates in the READ-It Zambia team

Congratulations to Mwiche Musukuma, Ronald Fisa, and Mutale Sampa on their MSc graduation. 

30 Jul 2019

READ-It update on high impact reviews (May and June 2019)

In May and June 2019, READ-It has published three high-impact reviews through the CIDG.

30 Jul 2019

How Myanmar became an example to the world in the battle against malaria

Dr Patricia Graves, Editor with Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group and a leading specialist on the transmission and control of malaria, contributed to the following article.

18 Jul 2019

Xpert Ultra test for diagnosing TB now included in Cochrane Review

This Cochrane Review update is part of a suite of Cochrane Reviews that will inform an upcoming WHO meeting to update guidelines on these tests.

11 Jun 2019

Xpert Ultra test for diagnosing TB now included in Cochrane Review

Tuberculosis (TB) causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide. Globally in 2017, of the estimated 10 million people with TB, 3.6 million were not reported to national TB programmes, many of whom were not being diagnosed with their disease. When it is detected early and effectively treated, TB is largely curable, but in 2017, around 1.6 million people died of tuberculosis, including 300,000 people living with HIV.

10 Jun 2019

Latest Cochrane review looks at MVA85A vaccine to enhance BCG for preventing tuberculosis

In this Cochrane Review, the review authors summarise six studies related to the four randomised trials that evaluated the efficacy of the vaccine. 

02 May 2019

Register for online participation in the forthcoming Qualitative Evidence Symposium 2019

From 9 to 11 October 2019, the first Symposium on using qualitative evidence to inform decisions in the SDG era will be held in Brasilia. 

23 Apr 2019
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Research, Evidence & Development Initiative 
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Pembroke Place
Liverpool
L3 5QA

+44 (0)151 705 3203

Paula [dot] Waugh [at] lstmed [dot] ac [dot] uk

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