Relations with the World Health Organization
The Cochrane Collaboration provides an international benchmark for the independent assessment and assimilation of scientific evidence."
Marie-Paule Kieny, Assistant Director General, Innovation Information Evidence and Research, World Health Organization, January 2011
In January 2011, The Cochrane Collaboration was accepted as a Non-Governmental Organization in Official Relations with the World Health Organization (WHO), the public health arm of the United Nations, establishing formalised communication between our two organisations.
This partnership includes a seat for the Collaboration on the World Health Assembly, the WHO's decision-making body, allowing us to provide input on WHO health resolutions.
It provides the opportunity for the Collaboration to significantly influence the way research evidence is created and used by the WHO by improving the collection of reliable health information on which they base their policies.
It promotes intersectoral collaboration and high-quality research between our organisations to produce the necessary evidence to ensure policies in all sectors contribute to improving health and health equity.
| Read | about how the Collaboration is already working with the WHO and influencing WHO policies on issues like reproductive health, nutrition and the H1N1 pandemic |
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The full press release announcing the establishment of Official Relations with the WHO is available here in 7 languages. |
For Cochrane contributors:
Download | The report submitted to the Steering Group requesting financial support to manage Official Relations (October 2011) [Approved by the Steering Group] [PDF] |
Download | The report by the WHO Partnership Committee submitted to the Steering Group, setting out plans to manage Official Relations (March 2012) [Approved by the Steering Group] [PDF] |
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