The first ever Cochrane event in Russia and Russian speaking countries – Cochrane Russia Launch – Evidence-based medicine: Achievements and barriers (QiQUM 2015) International Conference, Kazan, December 7-8, 2015

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ziganshina, Liliya Eugenevna^* | Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl | on behalf of the Cochrane working group in Kazan¹

Correspondence: [*] Address for correspondence: Liliya Eugenevna Ziganshina, Kazan Federal University, Department of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, Research and Education Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine “Cochrane Russia”, Kazan, 9 Parizhskoy Kommuny Street. Tel.: +7 843 2931768; Mobile: +79872968496; Fax: +7 843 2931758; E-mail: lezign@gmail.com.

Note: [1] Members of the Cochrane working group in Kazan: Ekaterina V. Yudina, Anna A. Korableva, Veronica N. Khaziakhmetova, Tatyana R. Abakumova, Albina F. Titarenko, Elvira G. Alexandrova, Rimma G. Gamirova, Svetlana V. Rybakova, Azat I. Gabdrakhmanov, Chinara M. Razzakova.

Abstract: Kazan hosted Russia’s second International Conference QiQUM 2015 on Cochrane evidence for health policy, which was entirely independent of the pharmaceutical or other health industry, bringing together 259 participants from 11 countries and 13 regions of the Russian Federation. The Conference was greeted and endorsed by world leaders in Evidence-based medicine, health and pharmaceutical information, policy and regulation, and the World Health Organization. Participants discussed the professional and social problems arising from biased health information, unethical pharmaceutical promotion, misleading reporting of clinical trials with consequent flaws in health care delivery and the role of Cochrane evidence for informed decisions and better health. The first in history Cochrane workshop, facilitated jointly by experts from Cochrane and the WHO, with 40 participants from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia introduced the concept of Cochrane systematic review and the Use of Cochrane evidence in WHO policy setting. Websites document conference materials and provide interface for future collaboration: http://kpfu.ru/biology-medicine/struktura-instituta/kafedry/kfikf/konferenciya/mezhdunarodnaya-konferenciya-39dokazatelnaya.html and http://russia.cochrane.org/news/international-conference.

Keywords: Cochrane, evidence, independent, conflicts of interest, bias, medicine information, drug promotion, ethical standards, pharmaceutical policy, health system, Russia

DOI: 10.3233/JRS-170732

Journal: International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 221-226, 2016