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The CEBHC is working in collaboration with the Desmond Tutu TB Centre and Health Systems and Services Research at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, on the EVISAT (EVidence to Inform South African Tuberculosis policies) project. The project is funded by WHO in support of the National Department of Health. On the […]

On 17th October the CEBHC, Medicine and Health Sciences Library and South African Cochrane Centre jointly facilitated a session to more than 100 first year medical students on the approach to searching the literature. After phrasing a PICO question and developing related search terms students had the opportunity to practice searching PubMed using Boolean operators, […]

Anke Rohwer attended the contributors meeting of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth group held during the Cochrane Colloquium in Quebec last month. The meeting was well attended by contributors from around the world and was an opportunity to touch base on methodological processes.   Relevant reviews done and supported by the CEBHC Okwundu CI, Afolabi […]

Congratulations to Dr Charles Okwundu from CEBHC www.sun.ac.za/cebhc on winning the Kenneth Warren award http://www.cochrane.org/about-us/awards-scholarships-funding-initiatives/annual-prizes-and -awards/kenneth-warren-prize for 2013. The Prize is open to the principal author of a review published on the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews in The Cochrane Library. Charles received the award for his systematic review on Antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for […]

The Biostatistics Unit work towards increasing the quality and productivity of research, and knowledge and application of modern biostatistical techniques through didactic lessons, seminars and workshops. Furthermore, the Unit conducts biostatistical methodological research and provides statistical consulting and grant preparation assistance services. The official launch of the Biostatistics Unit took place on the 6 September […]

Dr Celeste Naude from the CEBHC is the keynote speaker at the 19th International Symposium on Dental Hygiene 14 – 17 August 2013 Cape Town, South Africa, http://www.embassyconferences.co.za/portfolio/present/19th-international-symposium-on-dental-hygiene/10 where she is talking on Non-communicable diseases, oral health and nutrition challenges in developing countries – the ‘common risk factor’ approach’.

As one of the statistical reviewers for the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group www.evidence4health.org, Tonya Esterhuizen, had the opportunity to attend a three day course on statistical methods for diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) reviews run by the Cochrane Collaboration in Birmingham last week. All the international authorities on DTA reviews had converged in Birmingham for a […]

Researchers, clinicians, and public health policymakers can use findings from up-to-date robust systematic reviews to inform their thinking and answer healthcare questions. This week Taryn Young and Paul Garner, as part of the work of the Effective Health Care Research Consortium www.evidence4health.org, are presenting a 4-day course on how to find, appraise, interpret, and consider […]

This is one of the flagship awards of the Research Capacity Development Sub-Directorate of the MRC. The Career Development Programme is a partnership between the MRC and the tertiary education sector. The purpose thereof is to build research capacity and scientific leadership by creating new positions for senior post-doctoral scientists that have demonstrated a potential […]

                                                              2013 Biostatistics Seminar Series     Presented by the Biostatistics Unit, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care www.sun.ac.za/cebhc                   Supported by the Stellenbosch University Rural Medical Education Partnership Initiative   Duration: 90min Time: 12.30-14.00 Overarching objective of the seminar series: The objective of this seminar series is to acquaint participants with topical biostatistical issues. […]