Evidence summaries for topics of high priority in health care in affected regions.

Dengue

Do corticosteroids improve survival in people with dengue shock syndrome? (PDF document 0.12 MB)

Fever

Do bathing, sponging, and fanning help manage fever in children? (PDF document 1.20 MB)

Filariasis

Albendazole for lymphatic filariasis (PDF document 0.26 MB)

Does community distribution of diethylcarbamazine (DEC)-medicated salt reduce lymphatic filariasis infection in endemic areas? (PDF document 0.34 MB)

HIV

Should HIV-infected adults with chronic unsuppressed viraemia have a treatment break before starting a new HIV regimen? (PDF document 0.12 MB)

Should people with HIV infection, pneumocystis pneumonia, and hypoxaemia receive corticosteroids? (PDF document 0.13 MB)

Intestinal worms

In communities where intestinal worms are common, does giving children deworming drugs regularly improve their growth and school performance? (PDF document 0.14 MB)


Measles

Measles: Vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella in children (A summary for this topic is not currently available. The relevant Cochrane review is available here.)

Measles: Vitamin A for treating measles in children (A summary for this topic is not currently available. The relevant Cochrane review is available here.)

Meningitis

Fluid therapy for acute bacterial meningitis (A summary for this topic is not currently available. The relevant Cochrane review is available here.)

Pneumonia

Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? (PDF document 0.12 MB)

Tetanus

Should diazepam be given to people with tetanus? (PDF document 0.14 MB)

Vaccines to prevent neonatal tetanus (A summary for this topic is not currently available. The relevant Cochrane review is available here.)

Trachoma Trichiasis

What is the best way to treat trachoma trichiasis? (PDF document 0.13 MB)

Tuberculosis

Does watching patients take their TB drugs improve treatment cure and completion? (PDF document 0.12 MB)

Should every patient with uncomplicated TB of the spine have surgery? (PDF document 0.18 MB)

Whooping Cough

Acellular vaccines for preventing whooping cough in children (PDF document 0.13 MB)

Information is also available in Clinical Evidence; click here for information on acute otitis media, bronchitis, dengue, influenza, measles prevention, meningococcal disease and trachoma.

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