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Plenary session 1 / Sessão plenária 1
Whom evidence-based health care may concern / A quem interessa a saúde baseada em evidências
Wednesday, 24 October, 09:00 - 10:30

Chairs: Lisa Bero, Álvaro Atallah

Using reviews to inform decisions about health care – a patient perspective / Usando revisões sistemáticas para informar decisões em cuidados à saúde - perspectivas do pacient
Speaker, Gill Gyte, Consumer Panel Coordinator, Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group - UK

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The evolution of evidence-based medicine: where Cochrane fits in / A evolução da medicina baseada em evidências: onde a Cochrane se encaixa
Speaker, Gordon Guyatt, Professor, Health Sciences Centre, McMaster University - Canada

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Using reviews to inform decisions about health care – a policy maker perspective / Usando revisões nas decisões em cuidados à saúde - perspectiva de políticas em saúde
Speaker, Rodrigo Salinas, Director, Institute of Public Health of Chile, Ministry of Health - Chile
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Using reviews to inform health care decisions in poor countries: achievements and challenges / Usando revisões para informar decisões em cuidados à saúde em países pobres: conquistas e desafios
Speaker, Nandi Siegfried, South African Cochrane Centre - South Africa

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Plenary session 2 / Sessão plenária 2
Prioritization for review within the Cochrane Collaboration / Prioridades para a evidência
Thursday, 25 October, 09:00 - 10:30

Chairs: Rob Scholten, Sally Green

Prioritizing Cochrane reviews: Pitfalls and possibilities / Priorizando revisões Cochrane: obstáculos e possibilidades
Speaker, Lorne Becker

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Assessing and reporting outcomes that are important to patients in trials and reviews / Avaliando e relatando desfechos importantes para pacientes em ensaios e revisões
Speaker, Donald Patrick, Professor of Health Services and Director, Seattle Quality of Life Group, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington -United States

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The MDG for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases: can rhetoric become reality? / O MDG para HIV/AIDS, malária e outras doenças: a retórica pode tornar-se realidade?
Speaker, Jimmy Volmink, Deputy Dean: Research and SACC Director, Faculty of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University - South Africa

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Scoping and setting evidence priorities for public health decision making: ways forward for The Cochrane Collaboration / Extensão e estabelecimento de prioridades da evidência para tomadas de decisões em saúde pública: caminhos para a Coclaboração Cochrane
Speaker, Elizabeth Waters, Professor and Chair of Public Health, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Deakin University - Australia

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Plenary session 3 / Sessão plenária 3
Making Evidence Accessible / Tornando a Evidência Acessível
Friday, 26 October, 09:00 - 10:30

Chairs: Lesley Stewart, Jordi Pardo

Experience with dissemination and making evidence accessible in Latin America / Experiência com a disseminação e confeção da evidência acessíveis na América Latina
Speaker, Abel L. Packer, Director, BIREME/PAHO/WHO - Brazil
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Supporting the use of evidence by policy makers in LMIC: the evidence-informed policy network (EVIPNet) / Sustentando o uso da evidência por fazedores de políticas em LMIN: a rede de políticas informadas por evidências (EVIPNet)
Speaker, John Lavis, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Knowledge Transfer and Uptake, Departament of Clinical Epidemiology and Bioestatistics, McMaster University -Canada

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Translating evidence into patient information / Traduzindo evidências em informações ao paciente
Speaker, J.A. Muir Gray, Director of Research and Development, Research and Development, NHS, R & D Programme - United Kingdom

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Making evidence accessible to clinicians / Tornando a evidência acessível para clínicos
Speaker, Charles Young, Editor, Clinical Evidence, BMJ - United Kingdom

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Q & A session following plenary 3

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Plenary session 4 / Sessão plenária 4
What to do when there is a lack of evidence
Saturday, 27 October, 09:00 - 10:30

Chairs: Kay Dickersin, Ana Estela Haddad

The drug effectiveness review project: governments collaborating to use systematic reviews to increase value in pharmaceutical purchases / Projeto de revisões sobre efetividade de drogas: colaborações governamentais para o uso de revisões sistemáticas para aumento valorização em aquisições farmacêuticas
Speaker, Mark Gibson, Program Officer, Milbank Memorial Fund, Deputy Director, Centter for Evidence based Policy at the Oregon Health and Science University - USA
(includes Q&A with Mark Gibson)
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Making informed decisions about health policies and systems in LMIC / Tomando decisões informadas acerca de políticas e sistemas de saúde em LMIC
Speaker, Prathap Tharyan, Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry; Editor, Cochrane Schizophrenia Group; Coordinator, South Asian Cochrane Network - India
(includes Q&A with the panel)
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Making evidence accessible in remote areas of Brazil / Tornando accessível as evidências em áreas remotas do Brasil
Speaker, Álvaro Atallah
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Using evidence for legal decision making / Usando evidências para fazer decisões jurídicas
Speaker, Sueli Dallari
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