Editorials - Global health

Evidence of the people, by the people, and for the people

By: Prathap Tharyan
On: November 10, 2010, 11:52

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At the recently concluded Colloquium of the Cochrane and Campbell Collaborations, The Cochrane Collaboration announced that from October 2010, 500 million internet users living in 42 countries with a gross national per capita income of US$ 1250–US$ 3500 will have free direct access to the resources in The Cochrane Library. This initiative is an expansion of the policy introduced in 2007 allowing free one-click access to The Cochrane Library in 67 countries with a gross national income per capita of less than US$ 1250...

Evidence Aid and the disaster response in Pakistan and Haiti

By: Tracey Pérez Koehlmoos
On: November 10, 2010, 14:09

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As if a natural disaster was not enough, Vibrio cholerae emerged to make the situation worse in post-flood Pakistan, and for the first time since the 1960s in post-earthquake Haiti. How do we, as researchers, policy-makers and human beings, respond to such situations? In response to the tsunami on 26 December 2004, concerned reviewers within The Cochrane Collaboration established Evidence Aid – an initiative that pools together systematic reviews that might be useful to disaster response agencies and decision-makers in crisis situations...

Vitamin A supplementation for preventing death and illness in children 6 months to 5 years of age

By: Damian K Francis
On: January 14, 2011, 15:00

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Vitamin A deficiency is associated with excess mortality and morbidity and has been the subject of several systematic reviews. A new Cochrane Review published in December 2010 on vitamin A supplementation for preventing morbidity and mortality in children aged 6 months to 5 years concludes that vitamin A supplementation is effective in reducing the risk of all-cause mortality by 24% compared with no treatment...

Assessing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria

By: Hasifa Bukirwa
On: July 26, 2011, 10:36

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Malaria remains a major cause of illness and death in Africa and other endemic, and often resource-limited, settings. Most cases of malaria are uncomplicated but can quickly turn into severe, often fatal, episodes in vulnerable individuals if not promptly diagnosed and effectively treated. Parasitological diagnosis of malaria has for a long time been based on microscopic detection of asexual malaria parasites on a blood smear from a person suspected to have malaria. But many areas lack laboratory support to provide malaria microscopy. Even where it is available, many factors affect the quality of microscopic diagnosis: the experience and training of the microscopist; the quality of the slide preparation, staining, and reading; the quality of the equipment; and the availability of electricity and reagents...

Centralised access to evidence-informed nutrition actions

By: Hannah Neufeld and Francesco Branca
On: September 05, 2011, 15:29

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On 10 August 2011, the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development of the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with other departments, launched a new web-based resource tool designed to assist key players worldwide in making informed decisions on the most effective actions in response to the different forms of malnutrition and for improving the health and nutrition of populations globally. The WHO electronic Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA) will serve as an easily accessible web-based tool for policy-makers, health workers, international organisations, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organisations, academics and other interested actors, to access the most up-to-date WHO guidance on nutrition and the evidence that has led to the development of these recommendations. It is therefore also a tool for political advocacy ...

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