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Cornell University is hosting the 4th Annual Summer Institute, from 24 July to 4 August 2017, which brings together experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Cochrane, and Cornell University to train participants in the development of systematic reviews of nutrition interventions in populations. The program aims to update and...
May 18 2017
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Cochrane Nutrition held a stakeholder meeting on 3 April 2017 in Geneva with the aim of developing an initial list of priority topics for nutrition evidence synthesis. This will help Cochrane Nutrition establish a strategic plan to guide review production and dissemination; build and support review teams; and, strengthen methods for synthesising...
May 16 2017
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A workshop was presented by Cochrane Nutrition in Cape Town on 31 August 2016 as part of World Nutrition 2016, a conference organised by the World Public Health Nutrition Association.The workshop aimed to build participants’ awareness of and capacity to understand evidence-informed public health nutrition (PHN) guideline development, with an...
March 7 2017
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In September 2016 Cochrane Nutrition presented a workshop on evidence-informed nutrition at the National Nutrition Congress in Somerset West outside Cape Town.Through an interactive approach, the workshop addressed the principles of evidence‐informed nutrition, understanding the differences between systematic and traditional narrative reviews, and...
March 7 2017
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An exploratory meeting with interested stakeholders was held in Cape Town on 21 and 22 August 2015, where the draft proposal for the Cochrane Nutrition Field was presented and relevant issues related to nutrition reviews and evidence were discussed. This led to the development of the proposal and subsequent establishment of the field in 2016.
August 16 2016
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Cochrane Nutrition recently partnered with the World Health Organisation’s Nutrition for Health and Development Department and the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University to facilitate and present the third annual WHO/Cochrane/Cornell University Summer Institute for Systematic Reviews in Nutrition for Global Policy Making, held on the...
August 16 2016
An exploratory meeting with interested stakeholders was held in Cape Town on 21 and 22 August 2015, where the draft proposal for the Cochrane Nutrition Field was presented and relevant issues related to nutrition reviews and evidence were discussed. This led to the development of the proposal and subsequent establishment of the field in 2016.August 16 2016