Generating Evidence for better informed decisions in Child Health Care
Discover the power of evidence-based medicine and research with our comprehensive offline and online courses designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to make informed decisions.
Explore MoreWelcome to ACEBCH
The ICMR Advanced Centre for Evidence based Child Health (ACEBCH) was established at the Advanced Pediatrics Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh under the aegis of ICMR in May, 2012. This is the first Centre of its kind in the whole country with a dynamic team supporting clinicians, health professionals and policy makers in making informed decisions about child health.
The broad objective of the Centre are:
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To conduct systematic reviews in order to answer specific research questions related to child health and topics of national importance.
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To analyze and interpret information from systematic reviews for Evidence informed policies for child health.
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To conduct health technology assessments and economic evaluations in child health care.
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To establish networking with various institutes and medical colleges across the globe.
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To build capacity in chosen peripheral centres to conduct systematic reviews and to promote practice and teaching of Evidence Based healthcare in children. For this objective, the Centre conducts the following workshops:
Group Members
Prof. Meenu Singh
Founder ACEBCH
Prof. Joseph L. Mathew
Principal Investigator, ACEBCH
ACEBCH online course SAKSHYA ADHARIT CHIKITSA (SACH)
Duration: 4 – 8 Weeks, E-certificate will be provided at the end of course after completion of post test.
Design and development of the EBM modules for online courses is based on an educationally sound methodology.
Past Events
ACEBCH Workshop on “Evidence-based Guideline Development using the GRADE Approach”
18th October, 2024 09:00 AM
ACEBCH Workshop on “Producing and Using Systematic Reviews for Evidence Based Healthcare”
8th July, 2024 09:00 AM
ACEBCH Workshop on “Making sense of published research through critical appraisal”
29th June, 2024 09:00 AM
The Principal Investigator and Centre personnel created a logo for the ACEBCH, representing its vision and misison. At the centre of the logo is a happy child signifying that the “child” is at the centre of everything that the ACEBCH does. The figure of the child is gender and age neutral, representing the ACEBCH commitment to work across the entire spectrum of child health. Against the backdrop of the child is the representation of a classical forest plot signifying the focus of the ACEBCH on producing and disseminating high-quality evidence on child health issues. The logo has four additional images, each signifying a major aspect of the ACEBCH work. The funnel in the north-west section, represents the process of evidence synthesis, through literature search & screening, ending with a high-quality systematic review. The funnel shows the image of a meta-analysis on its outer aspect. The south-west area shows the ACEBCH focus on capacity building through training workshops and interactive teaching and learning experiences. The south-east portion represents networking with individuals and institutions, across the globe, representing the ACEBCH openness to support individuals, institutions, and organizations working to promote child health. The north east section represents collaboration, confirming the ACEBCH vision to collaborate towards reducing duplication and resource optimization.