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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. 

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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
18 Oct 2019

Influencing the evidence ecosystem – a reflection

Professor Taryn Young's Inaugural lecture at Stellenbosch University on 11th October 2019    
Audio/Video
10 Oct 2019

Podcast: Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults

Lead author, David Horne from the University of Washington in Seattle in the USA, sets the scene and tells us what the review found.
Audio/Video
30 Sep 2019

Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV‐positive individuals

To determine the diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for detecting abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV‐positive individuals.
Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW
25 Sep 2019

Podcast: Effects of starting antiretroviral therapy within one week of diagnosis on people living with HIV

Lead author, Alberto Mateo from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, tells us about the evidence base and the findings for this important question.
Audio/Video
24 Sep 2019

Interventions to improve disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and soil‐transmitted helminth infection

Assess the effectiveness of interventions to improve the disposal of child faeces for preventing diarrhoea and STH infections.
Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW
11 Sep 2019

Public health deworming programmes for soil‐transmitted helminths in children living in endemic areas

To summarize the effects of public health programmes to regularly treat all children with deworming drugs on child growth, haemoglobin, cognition, school attendance, school performance, physical fitness, and mortality.
Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE
04 Sep 2019

Global health Research Designs and Methods: in conversation with Professor Paul Garner

This Podcast features an interview between Professor Paul Garner with Assistant Global Health Professor Eric Green, who discuss the impact of systematic reviews and Cochrane upon evidence-based medicine and evidence-informed guidelines.
Audio/Video
04 Sep 2019

WHO guidance for refugees in camps: systematic review

The circumstances of people living in refugee camps means that they have distinct medical care requirements. Our objective is to describe clinical guidance in published WHO guidelines that refer to people living in refugee camps; and how evidence and context are used and reported in making recommendations.
Peer-reviewed article
28 Aug 2019

Contact tracing strategies in household and congregate environments to identify cases of tuberculosis in low‐ and moderate‐incidence populations

To assess the effectiveness of novel methods of contact tracing versus current standard of care to identify latent and active cases in low‐ to moderate‐incidence settings.
Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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