Cochrane is a global, independent, non-profit network of health researchers and professionals, patients and carers who work together to produce and promote trusted, high-quality health information that improves health and healthcare worldwide.

Our vision: A world where health decisions are based on timely, trusted and relevant evidence.

Our mission: We are an independent organization that collaborates with global partners to produce accessible, trusted evidence and advocates for its use to deliver better, more equitable health for all.

Our approach: We review all the research on a wide range of health topics, and summarize the best evidence to help patients and health organizations to make informed decisions.

We use sophisticated methods to combine and compare studies, sometimes hundreds of them. This makes our reviews more reliable than individual studies. The end result is a type of health evidence known as a 'systematic review'. Cochrane is considered the leader in systematic reviews by health professionals, researchers and policymakers around the world.

Our health evidence has led to changes in treatments and policies that have saved and improved millions of lives: premature babies, pregnant women, trauma patients, older people, those with chronic lung disease, COVID-19, malaria, sight loss, dementia, mental illness and many more.