What’s new!

Please find details below on the latest submission by the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 11, 2016 (Cochrane protocols/reviews published between 1 to 30 November 2016)

2016, Issue 11

New Reviews

Three new reviews are available in Issue 11 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

New Reviews

• Six-month therapy for abdominal tuberculosis (Jullien S, Jain S, Ryan H, Ahuja V)
• Vitamin D supplementation for preventing infections in children under five years of age (Yakoob MY, Salam RA, Khan FR, Bhutta ZA)
• School-based interventions for preventing HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and pregnancy in adolescents (Mason-Jones AJ, Sinclair D, Mathews C, Kagee A, Hillman A, Lombard C)

Following publication of the above HIV review we thought you would be interested in seeing the publicity that the review has generated so far.

• http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/parenting/sex-education-in-the-uk-does-not-cut-teen-pregnancy-2088721

• http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-11-school-based-interventions-hiv-stis-pregnancy.html

• http://www.news-medical.net/news/20161108/Review-examines-impact-of-school-based-interventions-in-preventing-HIV-STIs-and-pregnancy-in-adolescents.aspx

• http://healthmedicinet.com/i/review-examines-impact-of-school-based-interventions-in-preventing-hiv-stis-and-pregnancy-in-adolescents/

• http://www.christianconcern.com/our-concerns/education/sex-education-does-not-reduce-teen-pregnancy-or-stis-review-finds

• https://theconversation.com/keeping-girls-at-school-may-reduce-teenage-pregnancy-and-stis-but-sex-education-doesnt-68087

• https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2016/research/sex-education-review/

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161108073411.htm

Thank you all for your continued support.

Best wishes,

The CIDG Editorial Unit