Publications & Multimedia

Cochrane reviews

Cochrane Reviews from READ-It Partners in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Supporting materials

Guidelines

Multimedia resources

Reports

Other publications and stories

View all resources

1

Latest resources

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.

1

Antiamoebic drugs for treating amoebic colitis

This Cochrane Review aims to determine the effectiveness and safety of drugs used to treat people with amoebic colitis, which is an infection of the large intestines caused by the parasite, Entamoeba histolytica. Cochrane researchers searched for all relevant studies to answer this question and included 41 relevant studies in this review.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Credit WHO

Albendazole alone or in combination with microfilaricidal drugs for lymphatic filariasis

In this Cochrane Review, Cochrane researchers examined the effects of using albendazole alone and albendazole added to antifilarial drugs to treat infected people and people who live in areas with lymphatic filariasis. After searching for relevant trials up to January 2018, we included 13 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), including one cluster‐RCT, with a total of 8713 participants.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Pyronaridine‐artesunate for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if the antimalarial drug pyronaridine‐artesunate is effective and safe to treat uncomplicated cases of an important type of malaria (P falciparum). We collected and analysed all relevant studies to answer this question and found 10 studies.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Fly control to prevent diarrhoea in children

To find out if controlling flies can prevent diarrhoea in children under the age of five years.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Researcher and policymaker dialogue:the Policy BUDDIES Project in Western Cape Province, South Africa

Dialogue and exchange between researchers and policy personnel may increase the use of research evidence in policy

Peer-reviewed article

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

The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if pyrethroid‐PBO nets add additional protection against malaria when compared to standard pyrethroid‐only nets.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Community‐based supplementary feeding for food insecure, vulnerable and malnourished populations – an overview of systematic reviews

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Antiretroviral resistance testing in HIV-positive people

The aim of this review was to find out whether a drug resistance test for people living with HIV (starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) or already on ART but with unsuppressed HIV) would reduce the number of deaths or improve HIV suppression.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Plagiarism in research: a survey of African medical journals

The objective of this article is to examine whether regional biomedicaljournals in Africa had policies on plagiarism and procedures to detect it; and to measure the extent ofplagiarism in their original research articles and reviews.

Peer-reviewed article

Insecticide‐treated nets for preventing malaria

The aim of this review update was to evaluate the available evidence and find out whether ITNs continue to be effective at controlling the disease. Cochrane researchers collected and analysed relevant studies and assessed the overall certainty of the evidence.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

Insecticide space spraying for preventing malaria transmission

In order to guide decision‐making for malaria control programmes, the aim of this Cochrane Review was to summarize the actions taken and reported findings of trials evaluating the impact of space spraying on malaria transmission.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

Podcast: Xpert® MTB/RIF test for diagnosing extrapulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance

Most Cochrane Reviews look at the effects of interventions on health, but a growing number are providing g evidence on the accuracy of different ways of diagnosing a disease. The review’s first author, Mikashmi Kohli from McGill University in Montreal Canada, sets the scene and tells us what they found in this podcast.

Pages