READ-IT

Cochrane Reviews on COVID-19 by the READ-It team

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 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) (project number 300342-104) and runs from 2018 to 2024. READ-It builds upon the previous work of the UK aid-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.

READ-It inception meeting, Cape Town, Jan 2019

High-quality systematic reviews are key to informing FCDO 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 - Partner in Year 1 (April 2019-March 2020)

The Union, South East Asia

Latest Publications

23 Feb 2021

Podcast: How accurate are tests (Xpert Ultra and Xpert MTB/RIF) for diagnosing tuberculosis outside the lungs (extrapulmonary tuberculosis) and rifampicin resistance?

First author, Mikashmi Kohli from McGill University in Montreal Canada, tells us about the updating of the review and what they found.

Audio/Video

23 Feb 2021

Updated Podcast: Can symptoms and medical examination accurately diagnose COVID-19?

This review, first published in June 2020 has been updated in February 2021. Here the lead author, Thomas Struyf from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, tells us about the latest findings.

Audio/Video

23 Feb 2021

Update: Signs and symptoms to determine if a patient presenting in primary care or hospital outpatient settings has COVID‐19

This review update will assess the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms to determine if a person presenting in primary care or to hospital outpatient settings, such as the emergency department or dedicated COVID‐19 clinics, has COVID‐19.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

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News

New Cochrane Review shows chloroquine doesn’t help people with COVID-19

Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths from COVID-19, and probably does not reduce the number of people needing mechanical ventilation, state the authors of a new Cochrane Review.

12 Feb 2021