In November, Carissa Etienne (Director of the Pan American Health Organization - PAHO) and Mark Wilson (CEO Cochrane) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in the Americas and Caribbean. This is a great step in an already ongoing strong partnership.

The “II Simposio Internacional de Práctica Basada en la Evidencia” will take place the 16th and 17th March 2016 at the auditorium of the Ciudad de la Investigación at the Universidad de Costa Rica.

We are glad to announce that the past November we signed in Madrid the renewal of the subscription of the Spanish Ministery of Health, Social Services and Equality to the Biblioteca Cochrane Plus. Since 2003 this subscription allows the Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre to translate and publish Cochrane Systematic Reviews, overcoming the language barriers to access trusted and high-quality health evidence.

Se ha publicado un nuevo podcast en español sobre la revisión: Pilates para el dolor lumbar.

Se ha publicado un nuevo podcast en español sobre la revisión: Fármacos antiinflamatorios no esteroideos para la dismenorrea.

Authors of new Cochrane Review remain uncertain about effect of widely used medicine on ADHD symptoms, despite large amount of research. Some evidence of increased sleeplessness and loss of appetite leads researchers to encourage more caution in use of methylphenidate. The Cochrane Library publishes one of the most comprehensive assessments to date on the benefits and harms of a widely prescribed drug used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

Cochrane Iberoamérica se complace en anunciar que a partir de este momento se podrán escuchar los podcast de revisiones Cochrane de especial interés traducidos al español. Con esta iniciativa la organización pretende avanzar en su compromiso por traspasar las barreras idiomáticas en materia de salud. Estos registros de audio podrán encontrarse en la página web de Cochrane Iberoamérica dentro de Recursos. 

A new Cochrane Review published today shows that when doctors and patients are encouraged to discuss the need for prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory infections jointly, fewer are prescribed. This may be useful in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

New research out today concludes that there is insufficient evidence for the use of taking an Omega 3 fatty acid supplement in treating major depressive disorder.Omega 3 fatty acids are widely thought to be essential for good health and are naturally found in fatty fish, such as tuna, seafood and some nuts and seeds.

A new paper published in PLOS Medicine this week describes an innovative and transparent approach for assessing how much confidence to place in findings from qualitative evidence syntheses.