Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 12, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 31 December (2019).

Three new reviews

·       Grace AG, Mittal A, Jain S, Tripathy JP, Satyanarayana S, Tharyan P, Kirubakaran R. Shortened treatment regimens versus the standard regimen for drug‐sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD012918. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012918.pub2

·       Liang  Y, Zhang  L, Zeng  L, Gordon  M, Wen  J. Racecadotril for acute diarrhoea in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD009359. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009359.pub2

Esu EB, Oringanje  C, Meremikwu  MM. Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2019, Issue 12. Art. No.: CD011525. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011525.pub2

The CIDG editorial base is located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine  in Liverpool, UK. The CIDG is led by Professor Paul Garner (Co-ordinating Editor) and Deirdre Walshe (Managing Editor). Over 600 authors from some 52 countries contribute to the preparation of the Cochrane Reviews. They are supported by an international team of Editors, each with topic or methodological expertise. 

The CIDG’s main areas of work are on determination of the effects of interventions on the prevention or treatment infectious diseases of relevance to the  United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, particularly malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and neglected tropical diseases. The aims of the CIDG are to impact on policy and research in tropical diseases through the production of high quality and relevant systematic reviews, and to lead developments in review quality improvement and effective dissemination of findings.