Abstract
AbstractInformation flow is the key to improving health development, especially in developing countries. African medical publications are poorly represented in the major medical electronic databases. African Index Medicus (AIM) is a joint initiative between the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA) to store regionally-generated biomedical information. Proposed in 1980 and initiated in 1993, AIM was reactivated in 2005 and now emphasises full text accessibility and web publishing. To promote the use of AIM and the sharing of health knowledge, the WHO has provided national focal points with training, computers and scanners. Publishing still faces the challenge of strengthening networks of national focal points and African medical editors, as well as transferring technology and experience to African countries. There also remain the more basic constraints of costs, training, marketing and the low status of both research and publishing. The S...
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