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The CEBHC together with partners drawn from diverse evidence-synthesis, technology assessment and guideline-development communities have come together to minimise unnecessary duplication and maximise efforts in COVID evidence synthesis and guideline development. To help health- and social-system leaders as they respond to unprecedented challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making […]

A postdoctoral research opportunity, supported by the NIH Fogarty D43 grant, has arisen in the Division for a period of one year, renewable; subject to satisfactory performance. Hosted by Professor Rhoderick Machekano and Doctor Birhanhu Ayele, the successful candidate will be expected to conduct methodological research in biostatistics primarily focused towards application to infectious diseases […]

Health inequity refers to unfair and avoidable differences in health. These differences are deemed to be unfair because they can be resolved by reasonable action. In this podcast Lawrence is talking about how we can incorporate considerations of equity in systematic reviews. Inequities may present across many characteristics and the PROGRESS+ framework https://methods.cochrane.org/equity/projects/evidence-equity/progress-plus allows us […]

  Stellenbosch University Collaborative Capacity Enhancement through Engagement with Districts (SUCCEED) is inviting letters of intent for research that seeks to enable the effective implementation of health programmes in South Africa to advance the achievement of 90:90:90 goals for HIV – 90% people living with HIV knowing their status, 90% linked to care and 90% […]

Of all the fantastic seasons in Cape Town, February and March is pretty special as a variety of Disa’s and King Protea flower at this time. Michael, Anel and Anke, researchers at the CEBHC, recently embarked on a walk up Table Mountain to view the beautiful Red Diza flowers and Kind Protea.  The Disa is […]

http://nutrition.cochrane.org   Cochrane Nutrition Field established in South Africa The vision of the CNF is that Cochrane will be the independent, globally recognised go-to place for nutrition systematic reviews Cochrane is delighted to announce that a Cochrane Nutrition Field has been established under the leadership of the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care (CEBHC), Faculty of […]

The Emergency Care Society of South Africa (ECSSA) research and development special interest group (SIG) will be hosting a webinar titled ‘power and sample size in descriptive research’. This webinar is part of the 5 part series on fundamentals of descriptive research supported by the Centre for Evidence Based Health Care and OPEN UCT . […]

A postdoctoral research opportunity has arisen in the Centre for Evidence-based Health Care for a period of 24 months. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct methodologically sound systematic reviews on priority health topics relevant to the Millennium Development Goals as well as primary research on and promotion of knowledge translation. Applications, and any […]

                                                              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. […]

The staff of the Centre for Evidence based Health Care actively participated in the recently held African Cochrane Indaba www.mrc.ac.za/conference/aci/index.htm at the Lagoon Beach Hotel in Cape Town. The Indaba commemorated the 15th Anniversary of the South African Cochrane Centre www.mrc.ac.za/cochrane as well as the 20th Anniversary of the Cochrane Collaboration www.cochrane.org. CEBHC staff facilitated […]