Editorials - Infectious diseases
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...
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...
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