Global debates
- The potential role of primaquine to prevent malaria transmission remains debated. Our review, updated in 2018, is contributing to this debate.
- WHO guideline on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation
- Use of lateral flow urine lipoarabinomannan assay (LF-LAM) for the diagnosis and screening of active tuberculosis in people living with HIV and the use of molecular line probe assay for the detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs
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WHO called a guideline panel in May 2016 related to community programmes for soil transmitted helminths. The lead author of the Cochrane review, ‘Deworming drugs for soil-transmitted intestinal worms in children: effects on nutritional indicators, haemoglobin and school performance’, Dr David Taylor-Robinson, presented the Cochrane review at this panel.
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Quality of private providers: a systematic review questioned the dogma that quality in the private (for profit and not for profit) sector is higher in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), with research indicating it is poor in both.