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South Africa Partners


Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council http://www.mrc.ac.za/cochrane/cochrane.htm	Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, Stellenbosch University www.sun.ac.za/cebhc

Lead people

Taryn Young, Centre for Evidence-based Health Care and Cochrane South Africa

Tamara Kredo, Cochrane South Africa

Main interests

Preparing and conducting systematic reviews.

Training and supporting systematic review author team.

Promoting the use of systematic reviews by researchers, clinicians, guideline development teams, and policymakers.

Consortium work areas

Conducting and supporting relevant robust Cochrane and non-Cochrane systematic reviews.

Engaging decision makers and influencing policies in TB, HIV, nutrition, and essential drugs.

Provincial health staff demanding, accessing, and using evidence synthesis in their decision making (proof of concept project in one province in Cameroon and one in South Africa).

Current projects

Reviews: we have an active review portfolio covering topics of relevance to the African region.

Influencing provincial, national and international guidelines: we are working with the South African National Department of Health on the National Obesity strategy and engaging on the essential drug list development process. We also worked with the Tuberculosis directorate to provide evidence synthesis to inform policy development.

Capacity development: we offer fellowships for systematic review authors to have time out to work on their reviews. We also work with guideline developers, researchers, and clinicians to enhance their capacity to find, interpret, and consider the use of systematic reviews.

Consortium staff


^{Professor Taryn Young,}^{CEBHC Director}	^{Professor Charles Shey,}^{Director Cochrane South Africa}	^{Dr Tamara Kredo,}^{Senior Specialist Scientist, Cochrane South Africa}

^{Dr Celeste Naude,}^{CEBHC Senior Researcher}	^{Dr Eleanor Ochodo,}^{CEBHC Senior Researcher}	^{Anke Rohwer,}^{CEBHC Researcher}	^{Traci Naidoo,}^{CEBHC Project Manager}

^{Joy Oliver,}^{Chief Officer Cochrane South Africa}	^{Solange Durão,}^{Senior Scientist Cochrane South Africa}	^{Lindi Mathebula, Scientist Cochrane South Africa}	^{Ameer Hohlfeld, Scientist Cochrane South Africa}

^{Ingrid Eshun-Wilsonova,}^{CEBHC Researcher and Editor}	^{Nosicelo Mchiza, Senior Administrative Officer Cochrane South Africa}	^{Michelle Galloway,}^{Communications Officer Cochrane South Africa}