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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

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Updated Podcast: Does quarantine, alone or in combination with other public health measures, control coronavirus (COVID-19)?

In this podcast, lead author, Barbara Nussbaumer-Streit from Danube University Krems in Austria outlines the findings of the review of quarantine, which was originally requested by the World Health Organization and was first published in April, before being updated in September 2020.

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

Review updated from original review published on 8 April 2020. 22 new studies included

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Tafenoquine for preventing relapse in people with Plasmodium vivax malaria

The aim of this review was to see if tafenoquine could prevent relapses of vivax infections and if this effect is equivalent to that of standard‐dose primaquine.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra assays for active tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in children

The aim of this review is to determine the accuracy of tests in symptomatic children for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis, tuberculous meningitis, lymph node tuberculosis, and rifampicin resistance.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Rapid, point‐of‐care antigen and molecular‐based tests for diagnosis of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

How accurate are rapid tests, performed during a health‐care visit (point‐of‐care), for diagnosing COVID‐19?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Primaquine alternative dosing schedules for preventing malaria relapse in people with Plasmodium vivax

Primaquine to cure people with Plasmodium vivax malaria: comparing dosing schedules

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Evidence synthesis workshops: moving from face- to- face to online learning

This article describes the approach, experiences and lessons learnt from converting a face- to- face workshop to a 6- week online course designed for healthcare professionals in Africa.

Peer-reviewed article

Interventions for preventing postpartum constipation

This review update evaluates the effectiveness and safety of interventions for preventing postpartum constipation

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Community‐level interventions for improving access to food in low‐ and middle‐income countries

This Cochrane Review looked at the effect of community-level interventions on individuals, households and communities in LMICs to improve access to nutritious food

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

New ARRIVE Guidelines 2.0 released

Better reporting of animal research is the aim of the ARRIVE Guidelines. LSTM’s Professor Paul Garner has been part of a team of senior researchers and science editors that have updated guidelines for the reporting of research and methods in scientific studies in animals.

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Podcast: Can symptoms and medical examination accurately diagnose COVID-19 disease?

This podcast is for an earlier version of this review In this podcast, lead author, Thomas Struyf from the KU Leuven in Belgium, explains why this review is needed and discusses the findings of the review.

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

This review assesses the diagnostic accuracy of signs and symptoms to determine if a person presenting in primary care or to hospital outpatient settings, has COVID‐19 disease or COVID‐19 pneumonia.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

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