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Current epidemiological and financial trends suggest there’s a major risk of a substantial shortfall in the funds required to sustain life-saving antiretroviral programmes. In the past 15 years, the global community has provided US$109.8 billion in development assistance to curb HIV/AIDS. Several international aid organisations created in this period have been instrumental in galvanising the […]

A new publication from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study shows that at the current pace the world is not likely to witness the end of AIDS by 2030. Professor C Wiysonge is a co-author on this paper, which was published on 19 July 2016 in The Lancet HIV and released simultaneously at the […]

Please click here for further information regarding the grant call for implementation research in South Africa. Deadline 15 August 2016

A new postdoctoral research opportunity has arisen in the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care for a period of one year, renewable; subject to satisfactory performance. Hosted by Dr Celeste Naude, the successful candidate will be expected to conduct methodologically sound research on priority topics linked to nutrition and knowledge translation. Applications, and any queries regarding […]

We are excited to announce the CEBHC annual report for 2015 has been released! To view, click here.

Michael McCaul, a researcher at the biostatistics unit, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care has recently attended the Inserm Phase I and II Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) workshop held in Bordeaux and Paris. Michael also visited Cochrane France and worked collaboratively with the Cochrane France team, especially their senior statistician Ludovic Trinquart on various NMA methods projects […]

The CEBHC would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to the GREAT( Guideline-driven, Research Priorities, Evidence Synthesis, Application of Evidence and Transfer of Knowledge) Network, an international partnership whose goal is to facilitate the efforts of local stakeholders focused on enhancing maternal and perinatal health in low and middle income countries, through the […]

In this series of short podcasts, our scientists will help you understand more about Evidence-based Health Care. Getting to grips with evidence: systematic reviews versus “cherry-picking”  Anel Schoonees describes why systematic reviews are an important source of information in evidence-based health care.   For useful resources visit https://www.cebhc.co.za/knowledge-translation-resources/  

In this series of short podcasts, our scientists will help you understand more about Evidence-based Health Care. What is evidence-based health care?  Dr Celeste Naude explains the 3 important principles of evidence-based health care.   For useful resources visit https://www.cebhc.co.za/knowledge-translation-resources/  

In a series of short podcasts, CEBHC scientists will help you understand more about Evidence-informed Policymaking. Researcher and policymaker engagement to enhance evidence informed policies.  Prof Taryn Young explains how scientists and policymakers can work together to achieve better policies.   For useful resources visit https://www.cebhc.co.za/knowledge-translation-resources/