It is proposed that the CDCN have a Co-ordinating Group, consisting of people representing the different DC areas in the world. These people should have the following profile:
- Live in a low or middle income country, as defined by the World Bank
- Be able to devote enough time (at part-time basis) to the CDCN activities
- Be a member of a Cochrane entity, to have participated in a Cochrane Colloquia or to have done a systematic review
- Be willing to promote activities in countries with limited Cochrane activities and have some experience on this
This Co-ordinating have the following representation:
Sub-saharian Africa
Middle East and North Africa
South East Asia and Pacific
South Asia
China
Latin-America
Eastern Europe countries
Co-ordinating group of the CDCN:
- Representing Sub-Saharan Africa: Volmink Jimmy (volmink@sun.ac.za) and Charles Obonyo (cobonyo@kisian.mimcom.net)
- Representing Middle East and North Africa: pendind new representative.
- Representing South East Asia and Pacific: Pisake Lumbiganon (pisake@kku.ac.th)
- Representing South Asia: Sreekumaran Nair (nsknairkmc@yahoo.co.in)
- Representing China: Li Wang (wangli_74@hotmail.com)
- Representing Latin-America: Mario Tristan (mtristan@ihcai.org) and Regis Andriolo (regis.andriolo@superig.com.br)
- Representing Eastern Europe countries: Vasily V Vlassov (vlassov@cochrane.ru)
Network Co-ordinators:
- Mario Tristan (mtristan@ihcai.org)
-Pending new coordinator
Network Administrator and Executive Assistant:
- Julia Antich (jantich@ihcai.org)