An introduction to
The Cochrane Collaboration

Rafael Perera, Mexico
• an international, non-profit organization
• with support from over 15,000 people in
over 100 countries

Nancy Owens, USA
• improving health care for everyone by
reviewing the best evidence of what works
• a reputation for indepence and quality

Rob Scholten, Netherlands
• volume of healthcare information is
overwhelming
• no one can make sense of it all

Joy Oliver, South Africa
• Cochrane sets the standard for
evaluating healthcare research
• we produce Cochrane Systematic
Reviews, summarising the results of all the
research on a particular topic