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International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(4):832-835; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl138
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

Cochrane Column

Cochrane Column

Taryn Young

South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council, PO Box 19070, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa. E-mail: taryn.young@mrc.ac.za

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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV forms a key component of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes. This month we highlight the Cochrane Review by Wiysonge et al., which evaluated the effects of vitamin A supplementation in preventing MTCT of HIV.


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The aim of the Column is to highlight Cochrane systematic reviews of relevance to public health and to stimulate debate on relevance, feasibility, and acceptability. The Cochrane Collaboration (http://www.cochrane.org) is an international, non-profit organization that prepares and disseminates up-to-date systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions in order to help people make well-informed decisions. Systematic reviews aim to answer focused healthcare questions by systematically identifying and evaluating all relevant research studies and synthesizing their results.

If you are interested in contributing to the Cochrane Column or The Cochrane Collaboration, contact me at the South African Cochrane Centre.

A summary of Cochrane reviews (and protocols) of relevance to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Charles Shey Wiysonge, Muki Shehu Shey, Jonathan Sterne and Peter Brocklehurst

* Corresponding author. Division of Cardiology, University of Cape Town, E25 New Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, South Africa. E-mail: wiysonge@yahoo.com

Jennifer S Read

Pediatric, Adolescent, and Maternal AIDS (PAMA) Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Executive Building, Room 4B11F, 6100 Executive Boulevard MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510, USA.

Muhammad Ali Dhansay

Nutritional Intervention Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.

Charles Shey Wiysonge

Division of Cardiology, University of Cape Town, E25 New Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory 7925, South Africa. E-mail: wiysonge@yahoo.com


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