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14 Sep 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
06 Sep 2020

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
27 Aug 2020

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
26 Aug 2020

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
19 Aug 2020

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
06 Aug 2020

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
05 Aug 2020

Interventions for preventing postpartum constipation

This review update evaluates the effectiveness and safety of interventions for preventing postpartum constipation
Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE
28 Jul 2020

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
14 Jul 2020

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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09 Jul 2020

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

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.
Audio/Video
07 Jul 2020

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
30 Jun 2020

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection

This  document consolidates five guidelines developed by WHO between 2016 and 2020.
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