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Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group contributors: update from your Editorial Base9 September 2016Dear HIV/AIDS Cochrane Group contributorsThis letter serves to update you on the status and plans for the Cochrane HIV/AIDS portfolio of reviews. The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) took over management of the HIV/AIDS editorial process in February 2015....
September 9 2016
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Welcome to our first report in the CIDG 'Meet the Author' series. This month we talk with CIDG review author Mwaka Athuman, who is based at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?I’m a research officer working with Ifakara Health Institute at...
September 6 2016
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In July 2016, Dr Rie Roselyne Yotsu was a visiting fellow to the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base in Liverpool. In this report, she discusses the objectives and results of her visit.Home institution (including department)Department of Dermatology, National Suruga SanatoriumDepartment of Dermatology, National...
August 24 2016
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Symposium: Methods for evaluating medical tests and biomarkers, hosted by the Test Evaluation Research Group, University of Birmingham, UK, 19th and 20th July 2016In this blog post, CIDG Editor Dr Karen Steingart discusses a recent symposium, 'Methods for evaluating medical test and biomarkers'.I have a special interest in systematic...
August 10 2016
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In the fifth instalment of our 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Dr Karen Steingart.Public health physician, methodologist, mentor, constant learner, humanistCould you describe where you currently work and what you do there? I work from home in Portland, Oregon, USA. From my home office, I perform systematic reviews in tuberculosis...
August 1 2016
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Professor Paul Garner from LSTM’s Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health has led the development of new guidance on updating systematic reviews which has been published in the BMJ in collaboration with Holger Schünemann from McMaster University and others from Oxford University and Cochrane.“It needs...
July 25 2016
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An international review team has published a Cochrane systematic review that assessed the effects of programmes that use the World Health Organization’s (WHO) integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy. The review has already been used by a team who performed a strategic review of integrated management of neonatal...
July 6 2016
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In the fourth installment of our 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Dr Joseph Okebe.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?.I work as a clinical epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia. The Unit has a large research portfolio that includes diseases of public health importance in developing...
June 22 2016
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A research team from Spain, which was led by Carmen Gallardo, has prepared a Cochrane systematic review that explores the efficacy, safety, and adherence to fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of drugs versus single-drug formulations to treat people who are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).TB is a curable and preventable disease caused...
June 14 2016
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In our third instalment of the 'Meet the Editor' series, we talk with Prof Mical Paul.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?I head the division of infectious diseases at Rambam Health Care Campus, a primary and tertiary care hospital located in Northern Israel. I also work at the refugee clinic, which is a voluntary...
May 23 2016
Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group contributors: update from your Editorial Base9 September 2016Dear HIV/AIDS Cochrane Group contributorsThis letter serves to update you on the status and plans for the Cochrane HIV/AIDS portfolio of reviews. The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) took over management of the HIV/AIDS editorial process in February 2015....September 9 2016
Welcome to our first report in the CIDG 'Meet the Author' series. This month we talk with CIDG review author Mwaka Athuman, who is based at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?I’m a research officer working with Ifakara Health Institute at...September 6 2016
In July 2016, Dr Rie Roselyne Yotsu was a visiting fellow to the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base in Liverpool. In this report, she discusses the objectives and results of her visit.Home institution (including department)Department of Dermatology, National Suruga SanatoriumDepartment of Dermatology, National...August 24 2016
Symposium: Methods for evaluating medical tests and biomarkers, hosted by the Test Evaluation Research Group, University of Birmingham, UK, 19th and 20th July 2016In this blog post, CIDG Editor Dr Karen Steingart discusses a recent symposium, 'Methods for evaluating medical test and biomarkers'.I have a special interest in systematic...August 10 2016
In the fifth instalment of our 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Dr Karen Steingart.Public health physician, methodologist, mentor, constant learner, humanistCould you describe where you currently work and what you do there? I work from home in Portland, Oregon, USA. From my home office, I perform systematic reviews in tuberculosis...August 1 2016
Professor Paul Garner from LSTM’s Centre for Evidence Synthesis in Global Health has led the development of new guidance on updating systematic reviews which has been published in the BMJ in collaboration with Holger Schünemann from McMaster University and others from Oxford University and Cochrane.“It needs...July 25 2016
An international review team has published a Cochrane systematic review that assessed the effects of programmes that use the World Health Organization’s (WHO) integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy. The review has already been used by a team who performed a strategic review of integrated management of neonatal...July 6 2016
In the fourth installment of our 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Dr Joseph Okebe.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?.I work as a clinical epidemiologist at the Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia. The Unit has a large research portfolio that includes diseases of public health importance in developing...June 22 2016
Fixed-dose combinations of drugs versus single-drug formulations for treating pulmonary tuberculosisA research team from Spain, which was led by Carmen Gallardo, has prepared a Cochrane systematic review that explores the efficacy, safety, and adherence to fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) of drugs versus single-drug formulations to treat people who are newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).TB is a curable and preventable disease caused...June 14 2016
In our third instalment of the 'Meet the Editor' series, we talk with Prof Mical Paul.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?I head the division of infectious diseases at Rambam Health Care Campus, a primary and tertiary care hospital located in Northern Israel. I also work at the refugee clinic, which is a voluntary...May 23 2016