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Update: Nirmatrelvir combined with ritonavir for preventing and treating COVID‐19

The combination of nirmatrelvir with ritonavir (Paxlovid®) is a new medicine developed to treat infection with the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus and aims to avoid severe COVID‐19 in people without symptoms, or those with mild symptoms. This review update assesses the efficacy and safety of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir plus standard of care (SoC) compared to SoC with or without placebo, or any other intervention for treating COVID-19 or preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Updated: WHO Guidelines for malaria

The latest version of the WHO Guidelines for malaria was updated in October 2023. These Guidelines supersede 2 previous WHO publications: the Guidelines for the treatment of malaria, third edition and the Guidelines for malaria vector control.

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Update (20 May 2022): 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

Is routine Vitamin A supplementation still justified for children in Nepal? Trial synthesis findings applied to Nepal national mortality estimates

The WHO has recommended Vitamin A supplementation for children in low- and middle-income countries for many years to reduce child mortality. Nepal still practices routine Vitamin A supplementation. The authors examined the potential current impact of these programs using national data in Nepal combined with an update of the mortality effect estimate from a meta-analysis of RCTs.

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Update (16 May 2022) Thoracic imaging tests for the diagnosis of COVID‐19

Original version published on 30 September 2020. This is the fourth version of this review. The authors of this review wanted to know whether chest imaging is accurate enough to diagnose COVID‐19 in people with suspected infection. They also wanted to assess the accuracy of chest imaging for screening asymptomatic people. The evidence is up to date to 17 February 2021.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Rapid molecular tests for tuberculosis and tuberculosis drug resistance: a qualitative evidence synthesis of recipient and provider views

This Cochrane Review summarizes research on recipient and provider views

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Symptom‐ and chest‐radiography screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV‐negative adults and adults with unknown HIV status

How accurate are asking about symptoms and doing a chest X‐ray to screen for tuberculosis of the lungs among adults who are HIV‐negative or with unknown HIV status?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review

This systematic review was conducted with the hypothesis that underdiagnosis is largely secondary to patient drop out along the diagnostic and care pathway.

Peer-reviewed article

Effects of interventions for preventing road traffic crashes: an overview of systematic reviews

Road traffic crashes (RTCs) are among the eight leading causes of death globally. Strategies and policies have been put in place by many countries to reduce RTCs and to prevent RTCs and related injuries/deaths.

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Point-of-care viral load tests to detect high HIV viral load in people living with HIV/AIDS attending health facilities

Why is improving the diagnosis of high HIV viral load infection important?

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Suicide rates and suicidal behaviour in displaced people: a systematic review

Refugees, and other forcibly displaced people, face mental distress and may be disproportionately affected by risk factors for suicide. Little is known about suicidal behaviour in these highly-mobile populations because collecting timely, relevant, and reliable data is challenging.

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Community views on mass drug administration for filariasis: a qualitative evidence synthesis

In this synthesis of qualitative research, the authors aimed to explore people's views on MDA programmes for treating lymphatic filariasis in low- and middle-income countries.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

WHO guideline on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis

Human schistosomiasis is a chronic parasitic disease caused by infection with blood flukes (trematode worms) of the genus Schistosoma. The disease is a public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and South America.

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