Cochrane has opened a free access registry of scientific studies in combating COVID-19 in an attempt to provide the world with quick analyses and understanding of evidence emerging from the war against the virus. These resources are important to us, our researchers and clinical carers. Here are some of the helpful links:
https://www.cochrane.org/news/cochrane-launches-new-study-register-support-rapid-evidence-synthesis-global-challenge-combat
https://covid-19.cochrane.org/
https://community.cochrane.org/about-covid-19-study-register
https://community.cochrane.org/search-help-covid-19-study-register
Read moreOnly one day to go until the first livestream of the COVID-19 Online Educational Program. Register for free today and do not miss your chance to hear from the experts at the frontline of this pandemic.
If you have already registered, details on how to join the livestream will be sent to you approximately 24 hours before the scheduled start time.
WEBCAST SCHEDULE
Tuesday, 7 April
20:00 CEST / 14:00 EDT / 11:00 PDT*
Wednesday, 8 April
20:00 EDT / 17:00 PDT*
*Instructions on how to connect will be shared with registrants approx. 24 hours prior to the live stream.
The duration of each livestream will be 90 minutes.
Registration is free for all participants: https://virology.eventsair.com/covid-19/registration/Site/Register
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You can find thre reliable sources of information regarding the COVID-19 outbreake below:
The WHO dashboard - provides and up to date situational analysis, updated daily.
https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/685d0ace521648f8a5beeeee1b9125cd
The LitCovid hub – a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about COVID-19. This site is the most comprehensive resource on the pandemic, giving access to research articles in PubMed categorised by different research topics - General Info, mechanism, transmission, treatment, case reports and epidemic forecasting. The content is updated daily and as this morning there were are 950 papers published in the last 2,5 months.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/research/coronavirus/
The COVID-19 Global Cases dashboard - provides daily updated (per country - total cases, recovered, deaths), hosted by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
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The 51st Union World Conference on Lung Health is now accepting submissions to the conference programme. We welcome submissions on issues including tuberculosis (TB) and TB co-infections, tobacco control, lung health and air pollution, as well as civil society initiatives, community engagement, human rights and other related topics.
The Union World Conference, taking place in Seville, Spain, from 21 - 24 October 2020, will focus conversations around the theme of ‘Advancing Prevention’. Prevention is crucial to ending TB, reducing the harm resulting from tobacco use and improving lung health worldwide.
Submit now to be part of the conference programme. The following types of submissions are open:
Please read the guidelines abstract and session submissions carefully before you begin. The deadline to submit is Tuesday, 14 April, with the exception of satellite sessions for which the deadline is Monday, 6 July. Visit https://seville.worldlunghealth.org/
For questions or queries about submissions to the conference programme, please email scientific@theunion.org