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Why an Index Medicus of publications from Africa?

The Index Medicus was initiated in response to the need to improve access to health publications in African countries. This need for visibility has long been felt by researchers, development agencies, health administrators and planners, both within and outside the continent.

Very few African health and biomedical information sources are included in the world's leading bibliographic databases and there is a wealth of untapped information in books, reports and studies from international development agencies, nongovernmental organizations and local institutions.

Only by awareness of what work has already been done, can further advances be made; giving visibility to locally published material avoids overlapping, conflicting or redundant research work or the unnecessary duplication of health learning materials.

Our Mission

To give access to health information published in or related to Africa and to encourage local publishing, the World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA), has produced an international index to African health literature and information sources.

This index is called African Index Medicus - AIM. All African medical journals could be indexed in the AIM database. Articles on or related to Africa and published in other regional or international journals are indexed.

Our Action

We act in the selection of rigorous articles for indexing in our databases.

We interact with universities and high schools to promote thesis related to public health and medicine in Africa, written and defended by local students.

We lead a network of exchange and communication with editors of African health and medical journals for a better sharing of experience and perspective.

We work on analyzing the journal integration requests we receive each month from publishers in Africa and elsewhere.

Our Team

Our team is composed of senior librarians, indexers and database administrators who work efficiently to produce and make available a better quality of content to the scientific community. The team that drives the coordination of the African Medicus Index (AIM) is as follows:

  • Coordinator: Pascal MOUHOUELO (Head of the WHO/AFRO Library)
  • Record Indexer: Marie Claudine SAMBA (Librarian in charge of historical collection at WHO/AFRO Library)
  • Data and Website Management: Ismael Mikhael EYINAT BAMONO (Database Administrator at WHO/AFRO)
  • Strategic Advise and Assistance: Carine SOUNGA (Cataloguer at WHO/AFRO Library) & Christian TOUNTA (Documentalist at WHO/AFRO Library).

Our Partners

Do you want to give more visibility to your journal? Go ahead, submit your journal for integration into the African Index Medicus

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