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House modifications for preventing malaria

This review evaluates the effects of house modifications on malaria disease and transmission.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: How accurate is chest imaging for diagnosing COVID-19?

In this podcast, lead author, Jean-Paul Salameh from The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada describes their findings in this podcast.

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Hand cleaning with ash for reducing the spread of viral and bacterial infections: a rapid review

Does cleaning hands with ash stop or reduce the spread of viral and bacterial infections compared with soap or other materials?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: Factors that influence whether healthcare workers follow infection prevention and control guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases

Lead author, Catherine Houghton from the National University of Ireland in Galway, sets the scene and tells us what the review found.

Barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers’ adherence with infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines for respiratory infectious diseases: a rapid qualitative evidence synthesis

Identifying barriers and facilitators to healthcare workers’ adherence to IPC guidelines for respiratory infectious disease.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Anthelmintic drugs for treating ascariasis

Comparing the efficacy and safety of anthelmintics (albendazole, mebendazole, ivermectin) for treating people with Ascaris infection

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Agricultural and nutritional education interventions for reducing aflatoxin exposure to improve infant and child growth in low‐ and middle‐income countries

Assessing the effects on pre‐ and postnatal growth outcomes when agricultural and nutritional education interventions during the post‐harvest period that aim to reduce aflatoxin exposure are compared to usual support or no intervention.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast:How effective is quarantine alone or combined with other public health measures to control coronavirus (COVID-2019)?

In this podcast, lead author, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit from Danube University Krems in Austria outlines the findings of the effectiveness of quarantine.

Quarantine alone or in combination with other public health measures to control COVID‐19: a rapid review

To support WHO for their recommendations on quarantine, a rapid review was conducted on the effectiveness of quarantine during serious coronavirus outbreaks.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Health workers' perceptions and experiences of using mHealth technologies to deliver primary healthcare services: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality

Assessing the impact and cost‐effectiveness of different types of death audits and reviews in reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Covid-19: six million doses of hydroxychloroquine donated to US despite lack of evidence

Director of READ-IT & CIDG Co-ordinating Editor, Paul Garner, is quoted in the recent BMJ article (published 23 March 2020)

Diagnosing tuberculosis,Cochrane Special Collections

Tuberculosis causes more deaths globally than any other infectious disease and is a top 10 cause of death worldwide.

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Improving vaccination uptake among adolescents

Evaluating the effects of interventions to improve vaccine uptake among adolescents.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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