July 2021

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Welcome to the July edition of Cochrane Community

Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19

The authors of this Cochrane systematic review, published by Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group, found no evidence to support the use of ivermectin for treating or preventing COVID-19 infection, but the evidence base is limited.

Cochrane’s Editor in Chief, Karla Soares-Weiser, introduces Cochrane Convenes

Preparing for and responding to global health emergencies: what have we learnt from COVID-19?

• Introducing Cochrane's Strategy for Change
• Editor in Chief & Interim CEO update: 23 July 2021

• Cochrane’s Plain Language Summary Project - please help us user test a new Plain language summary template
• Improving the quality, consistency, and translatability of Cochrane Plain language summaries (PLSs): Interview with the PLS Project Manager
• Join the Conversation: Editorial Independence and Efficiency and Plain Language Summary Projects
• Six Step Stakeholder Engagement Framework
• Provide feedback to help plan the Cochrane Convenes programme
• RevMan calculator developed to improve data entry, transformation and transparency
• What can we learn from results of the RoB 2 comparison study?
• Tackling methodological challenges in public health reviews
• 2021 Cochrane Methods Symposium: free interactive webinars
• Virtual Governance Meetings 2021: Summary of feedback and recommendations

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