The Global Health Library

Access to reliable health information for those who need it

Access to health information is an integral part of all health systems because it can improve people's health.

The Global Health Library (GHL) will provide first step access to reliable health information in paper form, electronic form, and any other media to those who need it.

The GHL will offer an opportunity to provide a virtual platform that assembles multiple resources and points to content in all available formats that will be targeted according to the needs of specific user groups.

Objectives

The GHL aims to:

• point to reliable information collections and systems, in which different users and user groups (ministries of health, policy makers, health workers, information providers, patients and their families, general public) can focus on the knowledge that best meets their health information needs;
• act as a facilitator enabling access to information contents produced by numerous key providers - be they commercial companies, government institutions, civil society, not-for-profit organizations, and regional or international bodies; and
• strive for universality, with focus on developing countries, and will act as a resource locator for print materials essential to areas that do not have access to electronic content.

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