#WorldEBHCDay raises awareness of the need for better evidence to inform healthcare policy, practice & decision-making to improve health outcomes globally.
Iran was one of the first countries outside China to be struck by COVID-19, & the first in the region to experience a major outbreak in early March 2020. There was a huge appetite for evidence to guide decision making at all levels.
#Leprosy is a neglected tropical disease present in more than 120 countries, with a greater burden in India and Brazil. Currently, there are over 200,000 cases registered worldwide.
Patients in need of blood products are entitled to an adequate supply of safe blood. Belgian Red Cross uses a blood donor eligibility questionnaire, asking for the donor’s health and possible risk behaviour, in order to guarantee safety of both the donor and recipient.
Abuse and disrespect in childbirth care has been deemed a public health issue in Brazil, with many studies documenting the prevalence of discriminatory and hostile attitudes in childbirth care, both in the public and the private sectors. 
Cochrane First Aid repackages Cochrane evidence into easy-to-use formats such as blogshots (a simple one-page summary) and disseminating them via social media.
Informed consent is considered a continuous & dynamic process, and it becomes complex in paediatric clinical practice, where parents must make decisions for their children.
In 2018 Dr Carrier of @cardiffuni & Dr Mukwato of Uni of Zambia secured Global Challenges Research Funding from Cardiff University to undertake a project to improve evidence-based critical nursing care in Zambia through co-design & quality improvement using the PDSA model’.
According to the @WHO, almost all maternal deaths during pregnancy, delivery or within 42 days of childbirth occur in low-resource settings, and most could have been prevented.
Chemotherapy drugs can result in side effects such as renal toxicity which is why evidence-based guidelines state that comprehensive health assessments should be conducted prior to administration of chemotherapy.
Deaths from #LiverDisease in the UK continue to rise. In the majority of patients, liver disease is preventable and caused by lifestyle-related risk factors such as excessive alcohol use, type 2 #diabetes and #obesity.
In the National Health Service (NHS) in England, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) decide what services are required for diverse populations and ensure their provision.
In 2016 the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (TAG) began an in-depth prioritisation project based on the @JamesLindAlliance framework to ensure that its efforts are aligned with stakeholder information needs.