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The thirteenth video in this Cochrane20 Video Series, "Colloquia", is available at http://youtu.be/psQHewS0APk.The video focuses on the highlight of the Cochrane year - the annual Cochrane Colloquium. Bringing together Cochrane contributors from all over the world, Cochrane Colloquia are "an experience - scientific, social, personal - radically different from any other healthcare conference.

The 2012 Journal Citation Report (JCR) has been released by Thomson ISI and the Impact Factor for the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is 5.703.*Some highlights of the 2012 Impact Factor include:

Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is to address the Economic Club of Canada.

The twelfth in the Cochrane20 Video Series introduces the fourth Cochrane Profile, focussing on the experiences of individual Cochrane contributors. This video presents Alina Bishop Velarde, a perinatal educator and Cochrane consumer from Tepoztlán, Mexico. Alina discusses how she uses Cochrane evidence to inform clinicians, consumers, and public health practices, as well as her experience of working with The Cochrane Collaboration.

The eleventh installment in the Cochrane20 Video Series has been released, titled "Cochrane Training". The video explores training initiatives across The Cochrane Collaboration and the world to build capacity and engage contributors in developing, producing, and using Cochrane Reviews.

The tenth installment in the Cochrane20 Video Series focuses on the importance of engaging consumers in The Cochrane Collaboration's work to inform research agendas, improve understanding and communication of evidence, and enable participation in healthcare decision-making.

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.