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

This review update (original version published 7 July 2020) examines how accurate diagnosis of COVID‐19 is, based on symptoms and signs from medical examination. The review authors were interested in people with suspected COVID‐19, who go to their doctor, outpatient test centres, or hospital.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Xpert MTB/XDR for detection of pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin

How accurate is Xpert MTB/XDR for detecting pulmonary tuberculosis and resistance to tuberculosis drugs (i.e. isoniazid, fluoroquinolones, ethionamide, and amikacin) in adults?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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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

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

Covid Guidelines India

LSTM contributes to India specific guidelines for the treatment and management of COVID-19

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Podcast: Do probiotics help to treat acute infectious diarrhoea?

First author, Shelui Collinson from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK describes the latest findings from the update of this review .

Anthelmintics for people with neurocysticercosis

The objective of this review was to assess the effects of anthelmintics on people with neurocysticercosis.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

WHO guidelines for plague management

WHO guidelines for plague management: revised recommendations for the use of rapid diagnostic tests, fluoroquinolones for case management and personal protective equipment for prevention of post-mortem transmission

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Update: Piperonyl butoxide (PBO) combined with pyrethroids in insecticide‐treated nets to prevent malaria in Africa

Pyrethroid + PBO bed nets reduce malaria infection in areas of high pyrethroid resistance

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Enhancing Public Health Systematic Reviews With Diagram Visualization

Using diagrams to help the reader go straight to the essence of a systematic review.

Peer-reviewed article

Paying for performance to improve the delivery of health interventions in low‐ and middle‐income countries

This review update assesses the effects of pay for performance on the delivery of healthcare services in low- and middle-income countries.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

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