The Cochrane Library is now freely available to all New Zealanders

Abstract

The Cochrane Collaboration was established just under 13 years ago and has now grown into a large international network of 13,000 individuals from 91 countries. The aim of the organisation is to “help people make well-informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining, and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions”. The production of Cochrane reviews has continued at an impressive rate over the last few years with, on average, 350 new reviews being added each year; almost 1 new review per day! At the time of writing the total number of Cochrane Reviews is 2608 with 1592 further reviews in progress with their published protocols available