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New review: The effect of sample site and collection procedure on identification of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

The review authors compared the sensitivity of different sampling collection sites and methods for the detection of current SARS‐CoV‐2 infection with any molecular or antigen‐based test.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Evaluation of a strategic academic-government partnership to advance COVID-19 clinical practice guidelines access and uptake in South Africa

The authors of this publication used Cochrane’s KT Framework to map and analyse COVID-19 response activities instituted by a strategic academic-government partnership to supportEIDMduring the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa.

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Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis

What factors influence parents’ views and practices around routine childhood vaccines?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Testing for saturation in qualitative evidence syntheses: an update of HIV adherence in Africa

When do we have enough qualitative research on a topic?

Peer-reviewed article

Update: Mass drug administration for malaria

Treating everyone for malaria: does it eliminate the disease? Some policy experts recommend giving antimalarial drugs to everyone living in a malarious area at the same time to accelerate elimination of the disease, but this is controversial.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Impact of diagnostic strategies for tuberculosis using lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay in people living with HIV

The aim of this review was to determine whether the use of LF‐LAM testing had an effect on death and other patient‐important outcomes in people living with HIV.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19

Researchers from the COVID-19 Evidence Ecosystem (CEOsys) project collaborated with the LSTM-based Cochrane Infectious Disease Group (CIDG) to carry out a systematic review, to explore the effects of ivermectin in preventing and treating COVID-19 infection.

Point‐of‐care tests detecting HIV nucleic acids for diagnosis of HIV‐1 or HIV‐2 infection in infants and children aged 18 months or less.

This review aims to determine the accuracy of molecular point‐of‐care tests for detecting the main types of HIV infection (HIV‐1/HIV‐2) in infants and children aged 18 months or less.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Primary‐level worker interventions for the care of people living with mental disorders and distress in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Community‐based primary‐level workers (PWs) are an important strategy for addressing gaps in mental health service delivery in low‐ and middle‐income countries.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Cochrane Review: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19

This is a new Cochrane Review that includes 14 randomized controlled trials with 1678 participants

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

WHO Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach

These consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring bring together existing and new clinical and programmatic recommendations across different ages, populations and settings, bringing together all relevant WHO guidance on HIV produced since 2016. It serves as an update to the previous edition of the consolidated guidelines on HIV.

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Plague transmission from corpses and carcasses

Knowing whether human corpses can transmit plague will inform policies for handling the bodies of those who have died of the disease. Literature was analyzed to evaluate risk for transmission of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, from human corpses and animal carcasses.

Peer-reviewed article

Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission

This Cochrane review explored whether community administration of ivermectin influences malaria transmission.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children

The aim of this review is to determine the accuracy of screening tests for active pulmonary tuberculosis in children in high‐risk groups, such as children with HIV and close contacts of people with tuberculosis.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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