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What it is the Cochrane Network?

IHCAI Foundation is the headquarters for the Central America Branch of the Cochrane Iberoamerican Center (CC_RCI).
After a very successful year, The CC_RCI has different academic activities through the Central America area.
You are invited to visit The CC_RCI website at:

The Cochrane Collaboration is an independent, non profit organization, that helps everyone who is locking for well inform health care decisions. It is one the key instruments for “Evidence Based Medicine” approaches. The name came as a tribute to Archie Cochrane, a British epidemiologist and Medical Doctor and his pioneer vision, whom during his life (deceased in 1988) insisted in the importance of the Sanitary and Medical Practice based in the best scientific information; “certainly, we can strongly criticize the Medical Profession for not had periodically organize a critic summary about the effects of all the relevant clinical research, by specialty or sub-specialty, and periodically actualized”

Since 1993 the Cochrane Collaboration had being working in preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions; with a global and comprehensive perspective.

BOLETIN PIE
This is an initiative run by the Foundation IHCAI and Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires, with the support of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Network (IBC) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). This initiative has as one of its goals, strengthening the development of research and their use in the healthcare decision making. He is co-funded by the Wellcome Trust Engagement Programs and is presented in Spanish at:

Next Colloquium:

Free access to Cochrane Library for Central America:

TOOLBOX:
In PDF format, we offer a toolbox designed to facilitate the work of health professionals and medical students. It is focused on clinical practice, research and the development of evidence-informed health policy. At the end a glossary basic systematic reviews and meta-analysis is content. Enjoy it!

You will find information about past and future Colloquium:

Poster of "Evidence, health care and culture" at Barcelona in October 2003.

Proceedings of the International Conference organized by IHCAI Foundation in Costa Rica:

IHCAI Foundation has its headquartes in San José, Costa Rica, Central America.

IHCAI Foundation is an equal opportunity organization and do not make

any preference by gender, race, sexual orientation or political opinions

and rejects those openly racist, Nazi or Neo Nazi oriented.

IHCAI - Main Office

P.O. Box 1677-2100, San José, Costa Rica,
Barrio Escalante, San Jose, 7th Avenue, 35 and 37 Street, #3530

Tel: (506) 2234-6354 or (506) 2234-6347 // Fax: (506)2226-3047