Applications are open for the Aubrey Sheiham EBHC in Africa Leadership Award until 31 July, 2020.

We continue to honour Professor Aubrey Sheiham, a longtime supporter of Cochrane’s work and mission. Prof Sheiham was a dental epidemiologist who was inspired and encouraged by Archie Cochrane to question many of the practices in medicine and dentistry. His main commitments were to challenge dental establishments to be far more critical and to improve the health of populations in low and middle-income countries. Prof Sheiham particularly believed that the misuse of healthcare resources has more serious ethical and health implications in low-income countries because the latter are often under-resourced and inadequate to start with. Prof Sheiham considered that supporting and training key health personnel in the concepts of Cochrane will improve the effectiveness and efficiency of health care.

This award is offered annually by Cochrane to an individual from Africa to support the conduct and dissemination of a high-impact Cochrane Review focusing on a topic relevant to resource-constrained settings with a focus on leadership in evidence-based healthcare. The award is administered by Cochrane South Africa.

In addition to undertaking and disseminating the review findings, the awardee will be expected to support capacity development by mentoring a novice author from Africa while conducting the review.

For more details on the criteria, the award and the application requirements see: https://southafrica.cochrane.org/news/aubrey-sheiham-ebhc-africa-leadership-award

• 31 July: Deadline for applications
• 30 September: Announcement of the Award winner

Applications should be submitted to Joy Oliver at joy.oliver@mrc.ac.za
Queries can be sent to Charles Wiysonge at charles.wiysonge@mrc.ac.za