Cochrane South Africa National Symposium 2020

17-18 March 2020
Cape Town, South Africa

Cochrane South Africa will be hosting its first national symposium in Cape Town from 17-18 March 2020. The theme of the symposium is Evidence for decision-making for the National Health Insurance (NHI).

The symposium aims to:

  1. Share updates on methods and practice for evidence-based healthcare, with a focus on evidence synthesis, knowledge translation and clinical trial transparency in the context of NHI.
     
  2. Provide an opportunity to network within the evidence synthesis community (users and producers).
     
  3. Offer learning opportunities for new and experienced Cochrane authors and others interested in methods relevant to systematic reviews and knowledge translation.

The target audience will include researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and decision-makers, students, consumer representatives and NGOs, funders, media, private sector including medical aids and professional associations.

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