The world must learn from pandemic lessons to avoid future catastrophes. Millions of lives could be saved through increased use of evidence.

Hundreds of health leaders and experts meet today to recommend the international community urgently mount stronger evidence-based responses to global health emergencies.Led byCochrane, co-sponsored by theWorld Health Organization (WHO), and co-organized with partners ofCOVID-END (COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making),Cochrane Convenesbrings together leaders in health care and evidence synthesis to discuss the global healthcare challenges created by COVID-19.COVID-19 created a once-in-a-generation focus on health evidence for governments, businesses and non-governmental organizations as well as many types of professionals and the public. The pandemic fast-tracked collaboration among decision-makers and researchers but also laid bare shortfalls in the systems of producing and sharing evidence.Introducing Cochrane Convenes today,WHODirector-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussaid,“During the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO’s Science Division has worked closely with the Health Emergencies Programme to produce and quality-assure more than one thousand six hundred guidance documents. This would not have been possible without our partnership with Cochrane, the partners of the COVID-E ND network, and our WHO Evidence Collaborative for COVID-19.”Watch the full welcome message from Dr  Adhanom Ghebreyesus on theCochrane Convenes website.  Therecommendations and learning from Cochrane Convenes will form an action plan to advocate for change across the global health evid...
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