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Covid-19 Series| Volume 154, P212-215, February 2023

The Global Evidence Commission's report provided a wake-up call for the evidence community

  • Ruth Stewart
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg, Research Village, Bunting Road Campus, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa; Social Science Research Unit, University College London Institute of Education, London, UK. Tel.: +27 (0)72 713 7297.
    Affiliations
    Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg, House 2, Research Village, Bunting Road Campus, 2006 Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • Isabelle Boutron
    Affiliations
    Université de Paris, INSERM, INRAE, CNAM, Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), F-75004 Paris, France

    Centre d’Épidémiologie Clinique, AP-HP, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu, F-75004 Paris, France

    Cochrane France, F-75004 Paris, France
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  • Elie A. Akl
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    Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

    Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Published:October 09, 2022DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.10.002
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      The Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges was convened to propose recommendations to favor the use of evidence to overcome societal challenges similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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      Publication history

      Published online: October 09, 2022
      Accepted: October 2, 2022

      Footnotes

      Funding source: This work did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

      Declaration of interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: I am a member of the COVID-END partnership. I co-led the Global Evidence Synthesis Initiative (GESI). I am a member of the COVID-END partnership. I am leading the COVID-NMA initiative (https://covid-nma.com/). I am a member of the COVID-END partnership. I lead the Africa Center for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg, and the Africa Evidence Network. I am a Trustee of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence and a Board Member of Evidence Synthesis International.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.10.002

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