Participants of the second African Cochrane Indaba left the meeting feeling invigorated after the event's incredible success. The 2013 African Contributor’s meeting took place from 6 – 8 May in Lagoon Beach, Cape Town, and approximately 120 people from 12 different countries were in attendance. This year’s meeting was also a commemoration of 15 years of the African Cochrane Centre and 20 years of The Cochrane Collaboration.

As described by Jimmy Volmink, Director of the South African Cochrane Centre, the African Cochrane Indaba “provides a unique opportunity for Africans to come together to celebrate what has been achieved, to reflect on what has worked and what hasn’t (and why) and to discuss how collaboration can be further strengthened in the years to come.”

Dr Jeremy Grimshaw, Director of the Canadian Cochrane Centre, attended the meeting and was "blown away" by its success and "inspired by its participants."  The CCC congratulates the South African Cochrane Centre on the triumph of this momentous occasion.

   From left to right: Mark Wilson, CEO of The Cochrane Collaboration; Jeremy Grimshaw, Director of the Canadian
   Cochrane Centre and Co-Chair of the Cochrane Steering Group; Jonathan Craig, Co-Chair of the Cochrane Steering Group; and
   David Tovey, Editor in Chief of The Cochrane Library.

   Attendees of the second African Cochrane Indaba, 6 - 8 May 2013, Lagoon Beach, Cape Town.