Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region
In order to give access to health literature published in or related to the Eastern Mediterranean Region, the Eastern Mediterranean Region Library Network (EMLIBNET) produces an international index to Eastern Mediterranean health literature and information sources using headings according to the Medical Subject Headings MeSH list of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS)
BIREME - Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information in Sao Paulo, Brazil, is the regional health library for the Americas of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Americas.
Index Medicus for the South-East Asian Region
Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR) is a database of articles published in selected journals within the WHO South-East Asia Region. It is a collaborative effort of participating libraries in Health Literature, Library and Information Services (HELLIS) network in the region.
Current news
WHO defines the framework for the Global Health Library
Radically increasing access to information and scientific evidence on health, particularly in developing regions, is the main reason that led the World Health Organization (WHO) promote the creation of the Global Health Library (GHL), which is part of its strategy of knowledge management in global public health...read more
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Report on The Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa Congress
All participants enthusiastically supported the re-launch of the African Index Medicus. This is an attempt to draw together A
and I for all medical literature (scholarly in the very broadest sense) published in Africa. It is being coordinated by WHO/Afro,
but the work is done by and through volunteer national coordination centres, that submit the data to Brazzaville in a standard format for consolidation. This process is working well, and is an amazing achievement given the practical difficulties....read more
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The African Regional Health Report
The signs are everywhere, across the continent: Africa is finding African approaches to solving its health problems.
In Uganda, 50 percent of all HIV/AIDS patients have been reached with life-saving antiretroviral medicine through an innovative programme that trains nurses to do some of the work traditionally done by doctors and community health workers to take on some of the work of nurses ...read more
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10th AHILA/AIBSA congress resolutions
The 10th AHILA Congress was held in Mombasa, Kenya from 23rd-27th October, 2006 on the theme:’ Millennium Development Goals and Health Information Provision in Africa.
Realizing that the revival of AIM will play a significant role in the organization and dissemination of health information, delegates resolved to fully support WHO/AFRO in its effort for the revival of AIM through active participation in the project...read more
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Online Scientific Literature at AIM with VHL search engine interface
The African Index Medicus (AIM), indexing scientific literature on health by African authors or authors connected to Africa, has been available online since November 2005, using the VHL (Virtual Health Library) retrieval interface, developed by BIREME/PAHO/WHO...read more
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African Medical Journals
All African Medical Journals are invited to participate in the African Index Medicus database...
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