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HINARI access to research in health programme
HINARI
The HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) programme, established by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. More than 8500 journals and 7000 e-books (in 30 different languages) are available to health institutions in more than 100 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improving world health.
Eligible countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
The two country lists (Group A and Group B) are based on three factors: gross national income per capita (World Bank figures), United Nations least-developed countries list and human development index (HDI).
Group A (free access)
Institutions in countries which meet at least one of the following criteria may be eligible for free access.
- Inclusion in the UN list of least-developed countries
- An HDI of less than 0.63
- Gross national income per capita at or below US$ 1600
Group B (low-cost access)
Institutions in countries that do not match at least one of the above criteria and with either a gross national income per capita less than US$ 5000 or HDI at or below 0.67 may be eligible to pay a fee of US$ 1000 per year (see list below of eligible countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region).
Group A (free access)
- Afghanistan
- Djibouti
- Morocco
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Occupied Palestinian territory
- Yemen
Group B (low-cost access)
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Tunisia
Research4life
Research4life programmes
Research4Life is the collective name for the four programmes (HINARI, AGORA, OARE and ARDI). It provides developing countries with free or low-cost access to academic and professional peer-reviewed content online. Research4Life is a public-private partnership of the WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, World Intellectual Property Organization, Cornell and Yale Universities and the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM). Working together with technology partner Microsoft, the partnership’s goal is to help attain six of the UN’s eight Millennium Development Goals by 2015, reducing the scientific knowledge gap between developed and developing countries.
HINARI
HINARI Access to Research in Health programme enables developing countries to gain online access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature resources, either free of charge or with affordable subscriptions.
AGORA
Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA) programme, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of more than 3000 journals to institutions in 106 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.
OARE
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), set up by the United Nations Environment Programme together with Yale University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world’s largest collections of environmental science research. Over 4150 peer-reviewed titles published by over 350 prestigious publishing houses and scholarly societies covering all topics related to environmental research are available in more than 100 low-income countries.
ARDI
Access to Research for Development and Innovation (ARDI) programme is coordinated by the World Intellectual Property Organization together with its partners in the publishing industry with the aim of increasing the availability of scientific and technical information in developing countries. By improving access to scholarly literature from diverse fields of science and technology, the ARDI programme seeks to reinforce the capacity of developing countries to participate in the global knowledge economy and to support researchers in developing countries in creating and developing new solutions to technical challenges faced on a local and global level.
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