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Using evidence in global public health policy: the WHO-Cochrane partnership
Cochrane is an NGO in official relations with the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2011. In July, we reported on some of the results of this partnership. We would like to now inform the Cochrane community about the broad areas of work that Cochrane agreed to work on with WHO from 2016-2018, and what we expect this to result in.The plan of work with WHO can be divided into four broad lines of work: External link for more information:  https://community.cochrane.org/about-us/relations-world... Contributor's Information Contributor's name...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 8, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Evidence-based health care Funding & Partnerships Low and middle income countries Events Source Type: news

Registration opens for the Cochrane UK & Ireland 2016 Symposium
Registration for the Cochrane UK and Ireland Symposium 2016 has opened on Eventbrite, where you can either pay by credit card or invoice. Earlybird rate is open untill 29th January and there are special rates for students, consumers, and charity representatives.An event app will launch shortly with the latest symposium news and schedule. Once you are registered through Eventbrite, we will send you a personalised code to create your own login within the app. Don't worry if you don't have a smartphone or tablet, you can access the app online! Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 2, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Collaboration Calendar Conferences & Meetings Fields Methods groups Review groups Events Source Type: news

Alpha, Beta, Meta...Problems with power, precision, and type 1 error protection in meta-analysis
Power estimates in meta-analysis were discussed in the methods debate at the recent Cochrane Colloquium in Vienna, featuring Ian Roberts and Jos Verbeek, and prompted a lively discussion. A recent publication in Anesthesia & Analgesia assessing power and precision in published meta-analyses has highlighted the size of the problem and thus the importance of this debate. Imberger et al. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Georgina Imberger Email address:  gimberger@gmail.com ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - December 1, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

In memoriam: Aubrey Sheiham
It is with great sadness that Cochrane announces the death of our colleague, friend, and mentor, Aubrey Sheiham. Our thoughts and condolences are with Aubrey’s family, friends, and colleagues in the UK and around the world. External link for more information:  http://community.cochrane.org/memoriam-aubrey Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read m...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - November 30, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Evidence-based health care Low and middle income countries Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Closure of the Vaccines Field
The Cochrane Vaccines Field has ceased operations effective 1 November 2015. An ongoing lack of resource capacity meant that the team were unable to continue to provide a coordinating base and we thank them for all of their hard work. Please direct all enquiries relevant to the Field’s work to the Central Executive team. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - November 18, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Fields Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Cochrane welcomes new Head of Finance & Core Services
The Cochrane Central Executive team (CET) is delighted to announce the appointment of Sarah Watson as the new Interim Head of Finance and Core Services. Sarah is an accomplished senior finance manager with over 20 years’ experience, including as Finance Director for the UK's Royal Blind Society (RBS). Sarah begins work with Cochrane on Monday 9 November, and will be based in the London office. Her Cochrane e-mail address is swatson@cochrane.org. Please join us in welcoming her to the CET and to Cochrane.  Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - November 2, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Central Executive Team Centres Consumer Network Fields Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Announcing the 2016 Mid-Year Meeting - London, UK
Cochrane’s Mid-Year Meeting (so called because it falls midway between the annual Colloquia) provides an opportunity for face-to-face meetings of the collaboration’s Steering Group, Centre Directors, Group Executives, and other groups responsible for helping to formulate and implement Cochrane policy. There will be no scientific symposium at this year’s meeting. Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (S...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 28, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Conferences & Meetings Fields Methods groups Review groups Events Source Type: news

CERQual: A new approach for supporting the use of qualitative evidence in decision making
A new paper published in PLoS Medicine this week describes an innovative and transparent approach for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses.The new approach, known as CERQual (‘Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative research’), is designed to help decision makers use qualitative evidence for decisions and policies about healthcare and social welfare. External link for more information:  http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.137... Contributor's Information Contribu...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 27, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Authors Current news Cochrane contributors Methods groups & Events Source Type: news

Announcing the establishment of Cochrane Collaborating Centre of Madrid
On October 22nd the Francisco de Vitoria University hosted the presentation of the Cochrane Collaborating Centre of the Region of Madrid (CCC-CAM in Spanish). The support of the Ramón y Cajal Institute remains and will be now complemented by the Francisco de Vitoria University, which will replace the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in this institutional support.The event held several lectures by Javier Zamora Romero, Carlos Martín Saborido and Xavier Bonfill and a workshop conducted by the current coordinator of the CCC-CAM, Nieves Plana. External link for more information:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 26, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Spanish Funding & Partnerships Events Non-English Source Type: news

Looking forward after the 23rd Colloquium: a message from Cochrane’s CEO
Dear Colleagues,Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 26, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Colloquium Consumer Network Conferences & Meetings Fields Methods groups Review groups Events Source Type: news

Notification process for changes to Cochrane Groups
Cochrane Groups operate within Cochrane’s organizational framework of accountability in all of their activities and actions. Cochrane’s Review Groups (CRGs) and Methods Groups (MGs) report to the Editor in Chief (EiC) and, through him/her, to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO); and Cochrane Centres and Branches, Fields, and the Consumer Network report directly to the CEO. The CEO reports and is accountable to the Cochrane Steering Group (CSG). External link for more information:  https://community.cochrane.org/organisational-policy-ma... Contributor'...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 23, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Central Executive Team Centres Consumer Network Fields Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news

Call for proposals to host the 2018 or 2019 Cochrane Colloquium, and 2017 or 2018 Mid-Year Meetings
Dear Colleagues,We are now seeking proposals from Cochrane Groups who wish to host the Colloquium in 2018 or 2019, and the Mid-Year Meetings in 2017 or 2018.  Proposals should be submitted by 4 December 2015. More detailed instructions on each type of proposal follow below.Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Juliane Ried Email address:  juliane.ried@cochrane.org read more (Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration)
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 19, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Muriah Umoquit Tags: Current news Requests for proposals Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Colloquium Conferences & Meetings Methods groups Review groups Events Source Type: news

Cochrane Steering Group announces main decisions from meeting in Vienna
The Cochrane Steering Group (CSG) expressed its thanks to Cochrane Austria for a hosting such a wonderful Colloquium with an excellent scientific programme in a beautiful and historic city.    Open AccessThe CSG confirmed Cochrane’s commitment to our goal of all Cochrane Systematic Reviews becoming Open Access by 2020.CSG decided the following from early 2016: Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 15, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Central Executive Team Centres Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Consumer Network Conferences & Meetings Fields Funding Partnerships Methods groups Review groups Steering group Websites Events Source Type: news

Call for applications: Cochrane Complementary Medicine Bursary Scheme 2015
Cochrane Complementary Medicine is pleased to announce our 2015 bursary scheme made possible through funds from the US National Institutes of Health, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The purpose of this bursary scheme is to ensure that reviews relevant to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are completed and published in the Cochrane Library. External link for more information:  http://cam.cochrane.org/complementary-medicine-bursary-... Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  ...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - October 1, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: 20th Anniversary Current news Cochrane contributors Cochrane Reviews Prizes & Awards Events Source Type: news

In memoriam: Liz Waters
It is with great sadness that Cochrane announces the death of our colleague and friend, Elizabeth (Liz) Waters. Our thoughts and condolences are with Liz’s family, friends, and colleagues in Australia and around the world. External link for more information:  https://community.cochrane.org/memoriam-liz Contributor's Information Contributor's name:  Cochrane CEAD Email address:  cead@lists.cochrane.org read more...
Source: The Cochrane Collaboration - Current news at The Cochrane Collaboration - September 24, 2015 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Nancy Owens Tags: Authors Current news Centres Cochrane contributors Consumer Network Fields Low and middle income countries Methods groups Review groups & Events Source Type: news