Solange Durão holds a BSc Dietetics (UWC) and MPH (Epidemiology) (UCT). She is a Senior scientist in the Health Systems Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council. She is also the co-Director of Cochrane Nutrition and Cochrane Africa. She’s currently pursuing her PhD in Public Health at Stellenbosch University.

Her special interests include evidence-based health care, evidence synthesis, public health nutrition and food security.

Her work focuses on conducting evidence synthesis; supporting guideline development work, in South Africa as well as internationally, including work with the World Health Organization; supporting Cochrane reviews as a contact editor of Cochrane Public Health; and building capacity to do and use reviews to inform healthcare decision-making.