Welcome to the 12th edition of the Cochrane Africa Newsletter.
In this issue we celebrate that important milestone with an inspiring interview with the new director Minyahil Tadesse Boltena as well as looking to some of the important steps in the development of EBHC in the country in an interview with Morankar Sudhakar of Jimma University.
We also provide some information on an important new initiative in which Cochrane Africa and Cochrane Evidence Synthesis Unit Nigeria are participating which is looking at finding the best-available, evidence- informed solutions for climate policy globally.
We are also excited to note the launch of the Cochrane Thematic Group on Infectious Disease in which Cochrane Kenya will play an important partnership role.
All of these stories point to the enhanced and vital role of the African continent and African researchers and experts in the evidence-based world.