Celebrating three-years of Cochrane Russia at the Cochrane Russia Symposium «Cochrane Systematic Reviews as a key resource for health challenges in Knowledge Translation»

Cochrane Russia Symposium 2018 «Cochrane Systematic Reviews as a key resource for health challenges in Knowledge Translation», organized by the Research & Education Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Cochrane Russia of the Kazan Federal University (KFU), Wiley and Nikolay Lobachevsky Scientific Library of KFU, was held at the Kazan Federal University on December, 7, 2018.

Alfir Nabiullovich Khisamutdinov, the Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the University Clinic of KFU, welcomed the participants of the symposium.

Ramil U. Khabriev, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the National Research Institute of Public Health named after N.A. Semashko sent his Welcoming message to the participants of the symposium.

Research reports on the current chalenges of Evidence-Based Medicine, Cochrane Knowledge Translation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Research and development of Evidence-Based Medicine and Cochrane activities in the Russian Federation were presented by:

The Symposium summed up Cochrane Russia activities for the three years of its existence, from the official start on December 7, 2015 at the International Conference "Evidence-Based Medicine: achievements and barriers" (QiQUM 2015), the major achievements and successes, plans for the future and the new promising projects.

Over 100 participants from all over Russia (Volgograd, Donetsk, Irkutsk, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Korolev, Moscow, Nizhnekamsk, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Tyumen, Ulyanovsk, Ufa) and other countries (Germany, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, the Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Ukraine) registered for the Symposium.

At the closure of the symposium, the organizers and participants provided feed-back on the event, identified areas for cooperation, plans and prospects for joint coordinated work.

We thank all the participants and guests of the symposium and will be happy to meet you at the following events!

Photo Report of the Cochrane Russia Symposium 2018 "Cochrane Systematic Reviews as a key resource for health challenges in Knowledge Translation" is now available and will be growing!