Cochrane First Aid works towards improving first aid practices worldwide by focusing on a set of core strategic goals. These goals guide our activities and priorities, and reflect both our role within Cochrane and the needs of the first aid community.
Our work is structured around five main strategic goals:
- Network building;
- Building demand;
- Knowledge translation;
- Stakeholder engagement;
- Review production.
In addition, we actively support 'Building a Healthier Future', which focuses on addressing major global health challenges and inequities by producing and promoting accessible, high-quality evidence for and with those who need it most.
Previous strategic plans
Although Cochrane First Aid no longer operates under a formal strategic plan from 2026 onwards, our direction has remained consistent over time:
- At our launch in 2019, we published our , which outlined our mission, vision and initial priorities. This plan already centred on the five core areas that continue to guide us today.
- Our further built on these five goals and explored two additional priorities: facilitating primary research in first aid, and strengthening our position within the evolving Cochrane structure.
Key milestones, outputs and impact throughout the past years have been documented in our annual reports: