During November 2024, the CIDG contributed to one new protocol in Issue 11, 2024 of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

New Cochrane protocol 

• Kuehn R, Ryan H, Okwaraeke KC, Gould S, Chaplin M, Riley M, Turtle L, Jacob ST, Fletcher T. Vaccines for preventing Ebola virus disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2024, Issue 11. Art. No.: CD015828. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD015828.

New podcast

Globally, postpartum haemorrhage is responsible for a quarter of maternal deaths after childbirth. Tears of the perineum, which are common in vaginal births, are a major contributor to this excessive blood loss, and a variety of techniques are used to try to prevent them. The effects of these interventions are reviewed in a new Cochrane Review published in October 2024 and two of the authors, Tilly Fox and Kerry Dwan, talk about the findings in this podcast.

Other news

We congratulate Marty Chaplin (CIDG Statistical Editor) who was recently awarded Cochrane Lifetime Membership at the Cochrane 2024 AGM, due to her contributions to the CIDG and to Cochrane. Lifetime members are individuals at all levels of the organization who have made an exceptional, long-standing commitment to Cochrane's work. 

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The CIDG editorial base is located at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool, UK. Over 600 authors from some 52 countries contribute to the preparation of the Cochrane Reviews. They are supported by an international team of Editors, each with topic or methodological expertise. The CIDG’s main areas of work are on determination of the effects of interventions on the prevention or treatment infectious diseases of relevance to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.