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Mbuagbaw L, Wafeu GS, Kredo T, Durao S, Oliver J, Wiysonge CS, Zogo PO. Cochrane Cameroon: bringing Cochrane to francophone sub-Saharan Africa. Pan Afr Med J 2021; 39:166. [PMID: 34539962 PMCID: PMC8434782 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2021.39.166.30508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw
- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O´Sullivan Research Centre, St Joseph´s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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Mbuagbaw L, Zogo PO, Kredo T, Durao S, Young T, Effa E, Meremikwu M, Hohlfeld A, Wiysonge C. Cochrane Africa: a network of evidence-informed health-care decision making across sub-saharan Africa. Pan Afr Med J 2018; 29:196. [PMID: 30061974 PMCID: PMC6061814 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2018.29.196.14521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Cochrane Africa is a network of researchers and health stakeholders who aim to support the use of high quality Cochrane evidence to improve health outcomes in Africa. It comprises a coordinating centre in South Africa, a Francophone hub directed from Cameroon, a Southern and Eastern Africa Hub directed from South Africa and a West Africa Hub directed from Nigeria. The network supports the engagement with healthcare decision makers to guide priorities, production of high quality context-relevant Cochrane systematic reviews, capacity building to conduct and use reviews, dissemination of evidence, knowledge translation, partnerships for evidence-informed healthcare and the creation of opportunities to expand the network.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw
- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.,Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.,Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Central Hospital, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.,Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.,Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.,Cochrane Nigeria, Institute of Tropical Disease Research and Prevention, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Cochrane Nigeria, Institute of Tropical Disease Research and Prevention, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Abstract
Erik von Elm and colleagues discuss plans to increase access and global reach of Cochrane Reviews through translations into other languages. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary
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