Women around the world should be able to access the best medical treatments that help to delay preterm births and improve neonatal outcomes, updated Cochrane network meta-analysis suggests.

In February 2022 the Cochrane Governing Board approved a new model for producing Cochrane Evidence Syntheses, which is designed to ensure Cochrane remains viable, sustainable, and focused on the greatest global health and care challenges now and into the future.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently running two consultations which will shape the future of global clinical trials policy. We encourage the Cochrane Community to participate.

Cochrane London 2023: Forward together for trusted evidence

Launch of new framework to 2027 will build on existing work leading to consumer involvement throughout the entire process of research and dissemination of Cochrane evidence.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued updated recommendations on the induction of labour which is supported by evidence from Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth.

Only about 6% of the world’s population are native English speakers, and 75% of people don’t speak English at all. Many people do not have access to high-quality health information, because it is not available in a language that they understand. We translate Cochrane evidence to make it more accessible, and to reduce the linguistic barrier to global evidence-informed health decisions.

If you lead or are part of an organization, please consider supporting the call to action, or encourage leadership to do so. If you are not affiliated with an organization, you can help by asking your local political leaders, research funders and institutions to support the call to action and by spreading the recommendations.

Drawing on experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inaugural Cochrane Convenes brought together leaders in health research and health evidence to explore and recommend the changes needed in evidence synthesis to prepare for and respond to future global health emergencies. This report presents reflections and recommendations from seven roundtable meetings and incorporates points from discussions at the subsequent open plenary in October 2021.

Is ivermectin effective for COVID‐19? Updated Cochrane review ‘Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID‐19’