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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.

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.

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Transmission of respiratory viruses when using public ground transport: A rapid review to inform public health recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence was needed to inform strategies for limiting COVID-19 transmission on public transport.

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

In this podcast, Lars Jørgensen from the Nordic Cochrane Centre spoke to his colleague there, Asger Paludan-Müller, about the review.

Treating progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in people living with HIV

This review investigates some treatment dilemmas with progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in people living with HIV.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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

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