Abstract
The HINARI Access to Research in Health program is one of four Research4Life (R4L) programs. R4L is a “a public-private partnership of the WHO [World Health Organization], FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations], UNEP [United Nations Environment Programme], WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization], Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers and over 200 international scientific publishers” [1]. R4L was created to reduce a significant knowledge gap in developing countries by providing free or low cost access to vital scientific knowledge. HINARI focuses on health research and was the first R4L program. The acronym stands for Health Inter-Network Access to Research Initiative, although that name has been abandoned. The other R4L programs focus on research in agriculture, the environment, and development and innovation.
Highlights
In 2010, the R4L partners conducted an infrastructure review and a user experience review to assess R4L programs and their influence on the participation of developing countries in the global research community [2]
100 Medical Library Association (MLA) members are certified instructors, and global training activities have been conducted through workshops in HINARI-eligible countries and via online distance learning courses to reach non-MLA individuals in the health care environment
In addition to introducing vital medical information to developing countries, ethically driven global health programs collaborate with local health care workers to generate and publish high-quality research [5]
Summary
MLA’s Librarians without Borderst (LWB) program was established in 2007 to provide training on a global level about information retrieval. 100 MLA members are certified instructors, and global training activities have been conducted through workshops in HINARI-eligible countries and via online distance learning courses to reach non-MLA individuals in the health care environment. Concomitant with the development of MLA’s global information training was a surge in the establishment of global health programs by academic institutions in developed countries. In addition to introducing vital medical information to developing countries, ethically driven global health programs collaborate with local health care workers to generate and publish high-quality research [5]. Such collaborations serve to increase the contribution of knowledge from developing countries to the body of global medical literature. Librarians who have participated in the LWB program are well positioned in powerful redistribution points to facilitate the integration of HINARI into global health programs around the world
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