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Table 4 Results of prioritising reviews for update with a health equity focus

From: Prioritising Cochrane reviews to be updated with health equity focus

Review Title

Condition

Overall priority score

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in children living in areas with seasonal transmission

Malaria

11

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for treating HIV infection in ART-eligible pregnant women

Antiretroviral therapy coverage

16

Isoniazid for preventing tuberculosis in HIV-infected children

Tuberculosis

20

Artesunate versus quinine for treating severe malaria

Malaria

23

Corticosteroids for pneumonia

Lower respiratory infections

24

Home- or community‐based programmes for treating malaria

Malaria

26

Vaccines for women for preventing neonatal tetanus

Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine coverage

33

Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria

Malaria

38

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

Ischaemic heart disease

44

Interventions for idiopathic steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome in children

Chronic kidney disease

48

Hospital at home for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment

48

Optimal time for initiation of antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic, HIV-infected, treatment-naive adults

Antiretroviral therapy coverage

48

Antibiotics for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment

49

Trypanocidal drugs for chronic asymptomatic Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Chagas Disease

51

Trastuzumab containing regimens for early breast cancer

Breast Cancer

53

Artemether for severe malaria

Malaria

57

Interventions for treating tuberculous pericarditis

Tuberculosis

58

Second-line systemic therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer

Colon and rectum cancer treatment

59

Carotid endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis

Stroke

60

Non-invasive ventilation for the management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment

61

Adjunctive corticosteroids for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with HIV infection

Lower respiratory infections

62

Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in non-HIV immunocompromised patients

Lower respiratory infections

62

Extended-field radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer

67

Immunosuppressive treatment for primary membranous nephropathy in adults with nephrotic syndrome

Chronic kidney disease

67

Comparison of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine types and dose schedules for prevention of HPV-related disease in females and males

Cervical Cancer

70

Indacaterol, a once-daily beta2-agonist, versus twice-daily beta2-agonists or placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment

70

Strategies for detecting colon cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Colon and rectum cancer treatment

70

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute coronary syndrome

Ischaemic heart disease

72

Primary prophylactic colony-stimulating factors for the prevention of chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer

73

Adjuvant platinum-based chemotherapy for early stage cervical cancer

Cervical Cancer

74

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists for preventing recurrent stroke and other vascular events in people with stroke or transient ischaemic attack

Stroke

75

Oxygen therapy in the pre-hospital setting for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treatment

78

Phosphate binders for preventing and treating chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD)

Chronic kidney disease

79

  1. Lowest score = highest overall priority