Most Cochrane Reviews look at the effects of interventions on health, but a growing number provide evidence on how to diagnose a disease. In June 2019, one of these, on a test used to detect tuberculosis, was updated. The lead author, David Horne from the University of Washington in Seattle in the USA, sets the scene and tells us what the review found

This article below was first published on the Cochrane.org website. 

Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 9, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 30 September 2019).

This article below was first published on the Cochrane.org website

Among the dozens of Cochrane Reviews of various treatments for people with HIV or AIDS, are some that look more at how the treatments should be used, rather than the treatments themselves. One of these examines the timing of the start of treatment, and it was published in June 2019. Lead author, Alberto Mateo from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK, tells us about the evidence base and the findings for this important question.

Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 8, 2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 31 August 2019). Two new reviews

Should global government and philanthropic aid be invested in large public health deworming programmes in low- and middle-income countries? Doctors know intestinal helminths can be unpleasant, but should we be on a mission to “deworm the world”? Will this really help people living in these poor areas, in terms of weight gain, increases in blood haemoglobin, and better attendance and performance at school?

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LSTM’s department of Clinical Sciences has an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join the team working as part of the “Research, Evidence and Development Initiative” (READ-It).

Details below on the latest submission to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Issue 6,  2019 from the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (reviews and protocols published 1 – 30 June).