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The impact of mass media interventions on tuberculosis awareness, health-seeking behaviour and health service utilisation : a systematic review protocol
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2014-12)
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious public health problem in many parts of the world. Strategies to curb the spread of TB must match the multifaceted nature of the epidemic. The use of mass media is one of the ...
A systematic review of economic evaluations of CHW interventions aimed at improving child health outcomes
(BioMed Central, 2017-02-28)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Evidence of the cost-effectiveness of community health worker interventions is pertinent for decision-makers and programme planners who are turning to community services in order to strengthen health ...
Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of interventions to inform or educate caregivers about childhood vaccination in low and middle-income countries
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Despite their proven effectiveness in reducing childhood infectious diseases, the uptake of vaccines remains suboptimal in low and middle-income countries. Identifying strategies for ...
Electronic and postal reminders for improving immunisation coverage in children : protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2015)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Worldwide, suboptimal immunisation coverage causes the deaths of more than one million children under five from vaccine-preventable diseases every year. Reasons for suboptimal coverage are ...
Scope and quality of Cochrane reviews of nutrition interventions : a cross-sectional study
(BioMed Central, 2017-04)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background:
All countries face significant challenges from complex manifestations of malnutrition, which affects one in three people globally. Systematic reviews provide ready-to-use syntheses of ...
The effects of longitudinal HIV viral load exposure on immune outcomes, mortality, and opportunistic infections in people on ART in sub-Saharan Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: Longitudinal viral load monitoring is used as a cross-sectional marker for
treatment failure in HIV infected people receiving antiretroviral therapy. Cumulative viral load, as quantified ...
A comparative evaluation of PDQ-Evidence
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-15)
Background: A strategy for minimising the time and obstacles to accessing systematic reviews of health system
evidence is to collect them in a freely available database and make them easy to find through a simple ...
Protocol for a systematic review of the effects of interventions for vaccine stock management
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2019-01-08)
Background: Inadequate vaccine stock management in health facilities leads to vaccine stock-outs. The latter
threatens the success of immunisation programmes. Countries have used various approaches to reduce stock-outs ...
Completeness of HIV intervention trial protocols : a systematic survey
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Introduction: The Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT1) 2013 guideline provides guidance to improve the quality of protocols. The aim of this study was to determine ...
Mechanical debridement with antibiotics in the treatment of chronic periodontitis : effect on systemic biomarkers : a systematic review
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)
ENGLISH SUMMARY : Background: Chronic periodontitis is an inflammatory oral disease which leads to the destruction of the supporting tissues of the teeth, leading to bone resorption and tooth loss. Destruction of the ...