CIDG end of year and programme message 2024

As our Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funding finishes in December 2024, the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group (CIDG) editorial base in Liverpool thanks its readers, authors, peer reviewers, Editors, collaborators, READ-It Partners and management, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), Cochrane, and our funder FCDO. Our 30-year journey as an editorial base at LSTM comes to a close, and we are very grateful for your support of our work. 

Read our full CIDG end of year and programme message 2024 here. 

Established by Paul Garner, who retired from his role as CIDG Coordinating Editor in July 2022, the programme of work spans back to August 1993 with a total grant income of ~ £25 million. Our Cochrane reviews have provided evidence that supported introduction of insecticide-treated bed nets, underpinned the roll-out of artemisinin-based combination treatments, and have challenged global health dogmas and misinformation. Our work has been highly influential in embedding use of systematic reviews in formal guideline development. We’ve worked with partners globally to develop capacity in synthesis and guidance development.

The current team of CIDG/READ-It Liverpool team members has proudly dedicated over 125 years’ combined service to LSTM. The journey has been incredibly exciting, and we thank you for joining us on it.

The CIDG editorial base will permanently close at 5pm on Thursday 19th December 2023. We thank you again for your support over the years.

With best wishes from the CIDG editorial team