The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit and independent organization, dedicated to making healthcare readily available worldwide.  It produces and disseminates systematic reviews of healthcare interventions and promotes the search for evidence in the form of clinical trials and other studies of interventions.   The Cochrane collaboration produces high quality systematic reviews which are published monthly as part of The Cochrane Library.  Sub-sets of Cochrane Reviews published in The Cochrane Library are also published in the WHO Reproductive Health Library.

The Pregnancy and Childbirth is one of 53 Cochrane Review Groups and was the first group to be formed. Our group prepares and maintains Cochrane systematic reviews of interventions that relate to pregnancy and childbirth, and up to 30 days following childbirth, as well as lactation.  We maintain a comprehensive database of all randomised controlled trials that relate to our group.  We have also produced a Cochrane Pocketbook  which allows doctors, midwives, students and parents to quickly access the best evidence for the care of pregnant women. For more information about our group's aims and responsibilities as well as the topics covered by our group, see See ‘More about the PCG’. 

On this website you will find information about us and our work, how you can get involved, and a variety of resources and links to help you prepare your Cochrane systematic review for the Pregnancy and Childbirth Group.

We are funded by the NHS National Institute for Health Research, and our editorial base is within the Division of Perinatal and Reproductive Medicine, School of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine at the University of Liverpool.  We are based at the Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust in Liverpool, UK.