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New Cochrane Convenes report recommends urgent action among those who fund, generate and use evidence to ensure the world is better prepared.

Mass drug administration (MDA) involves the regular delivery of treatment medicines to whole populations, regardless of whether an individual has the disease or not, and aims to prevent onward transmission (passing from one person to another).

Cochrane South Africa is offering bursaries for the 1-week course on Cochrane methodology from 4-8 April 2022. The course is co-hosted by Cochrane South Africa and Cochrane Sweden and will be delivered online. For more information about the course click here Bursaries are only available to applicants who are based in a sub-Saharan African country.

Rotavirus is a common cause of diarrhoea, diarrhoea-related hospital admissions, and diarrhoea-related deaths worldwide. The aim of this Cochrane Review was to evaluate rotavirus vaccines prequalified by the World Health Organization for their efficacy and safety in children. Read the full review here

The Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care at Stellenbosch University is hosting an eight week Primer in Network Meta-analysis Systematic Review course from 1 February - 25 March 2022. This course is for clinicians, researchers and policy-makers working in the field of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, interested in learning more about how to find, read and interpret network meta-analysis systematic reviews. Bursaries are available for 25 participant. This course is supported by the Fogarty International Centre and Office of AIDS Research of the National Institute of Health.

Health inequities, defined as avoidable and unfair differences in health, have been worsening within and between countries. This has been brought to the forefront by the COVI-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is inequitably distributed among the population, disproportionally affecting disadvantaged populations, especially minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status. Read the Editorial

Three new Cochrane Research Centres were recently launched in Nigeria, Kenya and Cameroon.  Cochrane is an international network and works across 220 countries, aiming to provide the best possible research summaries to help guide health policy and practice. These new centres represent endorsement of leadership and excellence in the region, and these centres will help coordinate Cochrane activities in the countries and provide a credible reference institution for government in evidence-informed policy and practice.

The MuSE team is inviting you to answer some questions related to how you think Principal Investigators and members of the research team should be engaged in the process of developing health-related guidelines.

Cochrane South Africa invites you to a webinar that aims to unpack evidence synthesis within the healthcare decision making ecosystem and provide an overview of the different types of systematic reviews.This webinar is aimed to those new to the evidence synthesis playing field and new to systematic reviews.