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Cochrane Covid-19 update and resources
Cochrane contributors around the world continue to focus on understanding, treating and preventing COVID-19. Cochrane Australia is playing an active role in the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce and continues to collaborate in international efforts to understand, contain and stop the spread of coronavirus.

Can non-pharmacological measures prevent or reduce Covid-19 infections in long term care facilities?

Stillbirth prevention and respectful bereavement care: New Cochrane Library Special Collection
A new Cochrane Library Special Collection published today brings together reviews on evidence-based interventions to reduce stillbirth and improve care for families after stillbirth and in a subsequent pregnancy, identify women at increased risk of stillbirth, and improve knowledge of causes of and contributors to stillbirth.

Join us at Engaging Evidence 2021: Evolving Approaches Australia & New Zealand

WHO Rapid Review: clear communication critical in the battle against COVID-19
It’s hard to believe that just over a year ago, lockdowns, quarantining and strict social distancing were completely unfamiliar to us. Yet in a matter of months, these measures came to define the daily life of people all over the world. For Coordinating Editor of Cochrane Consumers and Communication Dr Rebecca Ryan, this was a time when the professional and the personal began to intersect.

New Cochrane review: Remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19

New Cochrane review: Ivermectin for preventing and treating COVID-19

Get up, stand up: new Cochrane review looks at reducing sedentary behaviour in older adults

The ABC's All in the Mind explores the latest Cochrane review on antidepressants and young people

Victorian Government to invest in Australian Living Evidence Consortium
Cochrane Australia and the Australian Living Evidence Consortium have welcomed the announcement that the Victorian Government will invest in the ‘Living Evidence’ model to transform the way new research is used to improve outcomes for patients in Victoria and around Australia.

New Cochrane review finds little good evidence on safe ways to stop long-term antidepressants

Pitching your research to journalists? Check out these top tips from Australia's top health reporter
Award winning national science reporter Liam Mannix joins Cochrane Australia's Shauna Hurley for zoom chats about all things science communication and pitching to the media.

New Cochrane review explores the latest evidence on safe and effective approaches to coming off antidepressants
There are many reasons to undertake a Cochrane review. For the author team behind the new review on safe and effective approaches to stopping antidepressants, the motivating factors were both personal and professional, national and international.

The Guardian Australia covers latest Cochrane review on antidepressant withdrawal

Australians are taking antidepressants longer than necessary because withdrawal and relapse symptoms are similar
Cochrane Author Professor Mieke van Driel explains the latest Cochrane evidence on safe and effective approaches to coming off antidepressants on tonight’s Channel 9 News.

Exceptional local and global collaboration delivers the new PRISMA 2020 statement
