Every year at Oxford PharmaGenesis, we select a charity so that we can make a donation in lieu of sending cards. This year, we are very pleased to support Evidence Aid, an organization that aims to inspire and enable those guiding the humanitarian sector to apply an evidence-based approach.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent each year on disaster relief and humanitarian aid. The intention is to reduce the impact of natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, and improve the lives of those affected. Despite the best of intentions, however, some interventions are ineffective or even harmful.
Evidence Aid uses knowledge from systematic reviews to provide clear, reliable, up-to-date evidence on interventions that might be considered in the context of these natural disasters and other major healthcare emergencies. The organization seeks to highlight which interventions work, which don’t work, which need more research, and which, no matter how well meaning, might be harmful. It then provides this information to agencies and people planning for, or responding to, disasters.
To find out more about Evidence Aid or to donate, please visit their website.
