The purpose of the Effective Health Care Research Consortium (EHCRC) is to ensure that research-based evidence relating to the health sector is adopted by health policy makers and practitioners in low- and middle-income countries, to accelerate progress towards poverty reduction.
The focus of the EHCRC is on two main areas:
- Producing reliable, up-to-date, scientifically defensible and relevant evidence in malaria and tuberculosis, child health, maternal health, and health systems.
- Engaging in effective dialogue and influence between research, policy, and practice communities in the public and private sectors.
The Consortium activities include:
- Preparing and updating Cochrane Reviews about the effects of health care relevant to low- and middle-income countries.
- Identifying approaches to ensure dissemination and use of the results of systematic reviews in decision making.
The Consortium is supported by funds from the Department for International Development UK and is directed by Professor Paul Garner at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, affiliated to the University of Liverpool.
Regions covered by this programme are: Africa, Asia, Eastern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Western Africa
Countries covered by this consortium are: Bangladesh, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda
Collaborating Institutes:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), incorporating Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group
African Cochrane Network including South African Cochrane Centre (SACC), Stellenbosch University
South Asian Cochrane Network including South Asian Cochrane Centre (SASIANCC), CMC Vellore, India
China Effective Health Care Network (CEHCN), Chongqing Medical University
Cochrane Effective Practice & Organisation of Care Group (EPOC), Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Contact Names:
Professor Paul Garner (LSTM)
Professor Jimmy Volmink (Stellenbosch University)
Dr Prathap Tharyan (CMC Vellore)
Professor Wang Yang (Chongqing Medical University)
Dr. Andy Oxman (Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services).
EHCRC meeting at Chonquing, China in 2007 hosted by Prof. Wang Yang (2nd from left) and his team at the School of Public Health, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences. Also pictured are: Prof. Paul Garner (5th from left), Helen Smith (3rd), Mary Ann Lansang (4th), and Prathap Tharyan (6th from left).
Caption: Members of the EHCRC meet in China, 2010
Documents related to this programme can be downloaded from hereEvidence Update
Evidence Update is produced by the Consortium and is a two-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low- and middle income-countries. Evidence Update
summaries can be accessed here
http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence/evidence.htm
A guide to reading and understanding Evidence Update can be downloaded from here
Latest News from the Consortium can be accessed here
http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence/media/news/index.htm
The Consortium website can be accessed here
http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence/index.htm
The Consortium newsletters can be accessed here
http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence/newsletters/index.htm