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Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region > The problem

Very few biomedical journals from the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization are indexed in international indexing and abstracting services. The policies of these services and the criteria they apply make it almost impossible for most of these journals to be covered in them. 

Nevertheless, these journals publish scientific articles and information which is relevant to the countries of the Region and which is, in most cases, submitted by researchers from the Region. These journals serve a very noble cause, documenting research from the countries and disseminating results to a wide range of information users worldwide. They contribute to the continuous education and scientific networking of many researchers. More important, they document and disseminate local health knowledge.