The results of a Campbell review of deworming programmes, published in this month’s edition of Lancet Global Health, reaffirms the findings of an earlier Cochrane review concerning soil-transmitted intestinal worms that was conducted by researchers from the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool S

Excellent research in tropical diseases is the hallmark of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), with a wide portfolio of research in diseases common in the tropics and sub-tropics.

LSTM’s Seminar Series continues with a presentation from Dr Mariska Leeflang on 24 November entitled ‘Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy in infectious diseases’.

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 11New ReviewsThree new reviews are available in Issue 11 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic ReviewsNew Reviews

In this seventh instalment of the 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Hellen Gelband.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?

Do school-based interventions prevent HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy? This is the question asked by researchers from the University of York, South African Medical Research Council, and Stellenbosch University in a Cochrane review published this week.

Research Assistant (Malaria Vector Control and Elimination) x2The World Health Organization (WHO) intends to expand guidelines development based on systematic reviews and GRADE to malaria vector control. The Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group has contributed to WHO guidelines in malaria chemotherapy and will now extend this to synthesis for vector control.

In the sixth instalment of our 'Meet the Editor' series, we interview Dr Lawrence Mbuagbaw.Could you describe where you currently work and what you do there?

From July 28 to August 17 2016, Dr Patricia Graves visited the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base as a Visiting Fellow. Dr Graves is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia. She is a specialist in the epidemiology of malaria, filariasis, and other vector-borne diseases, and has extensive experience in applied research and consulting in the Pacific, Africa, and Asia.

Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group contributors: update from your Editorial Base9 September 2016Dear HIV/AIDS Cochrane Group contributors