1. Towards Global Access to Health The Global Health Library
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Towards Global Access to Health The Global Health Library
Tomas Allen
World Health Organization
Library and Information Networks for Knowledge

2. World Health Organization
WHO World Wide
CAIRO
CAIRO
WHO is decentralized into six regional offices with headquarters in Geneva. There are 192 members states and country offices in capital cities of 150 countries.
Special offices are located in Lyon, Washington, New York, Addis Ababa and Brussels.

3. Library and Information Networks for Knowledge
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Library and Information Networks for Knowledge
The WHO library system is a global network that operates as a community, large and united
This is the first strength of the Global Health Library

4. Health information and knowledge
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Health information and knowledge
Knowledge exists, but remains inaccessible to those who need it most
The world has needs as well as responsibilities
Improving health and health systems is the antidote to poverty; health is the basis of development; and health information and knowledge is the basis of health

5. World Health Organization
Public Library books per capita. Red represents areas with less than one book per citizen

6. Medical Schools (per 10,000,000) Red represents 1
Medical Schools (per 10,000,000) Red represents 1.3 or less schools/medical libraries

7. World Health Organization
Strategy
WHO is initiating a worldwide coordinated effort
Key players are invited to participate
A global steering committee is being formed
Working groups will concentrate on specific modules

8. What is the Global Health Library?
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What is the Global Health Library?
The Global Health Library is a WHO Library initiative which will provide first stop access to health information in paper, electronic, and any other media as necessary, to those who need it

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The GHL aims to:
point to reliable information collections and systems
facilitate and enable access to information contents produced by key providers
support communities of practice and training

10. The GHL will strive for:
universality
a focus on developing countries
a role as resource locator for print format in areas with no ICT

11. CONNECTIVITY AND DELIVERY
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LANDSCAPE – HEALTH INFORMATION
ENABLER
ONLINE
MANAGED
OFFLINE
PAPER
STORY
Global
Regional
Country
District
Community
Individual
CONNECTIVITY AND DELIVERY
LOGISTICS
GLOBAL HEALTH LIBRARY
CUSTOMER
Good
Poor
PUSH
PULL
BROADCAST

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OPPORTUNITIES FOR EQUITY
Broadcast
Online
Managed
Offline
Print
Story
Good
Medium
Poor
Individual
Community
District
Country
Region
Global
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Well Served
Moderately Served
Poorly Served
Note: This is a schematic to show how different opportunities can be prioritised and does not reflect any current focus

13. Where do we start? We are asking our partners and users:
health workers
librarians
information providers
Ministries of Health
policy makers
the public and communities…

14. "La GLH pourrait être une source utile dans mon travail quotidien…je pourrais avoir au moins une source fixe où trouver l'information sanitaire. Je pourrais également orienter mes utilisateurs qui sont les médicins, étudiants et élèves en médicine vers ce site. Ce site sera vraiment d'un grand salut pour nous."
Bibliothécaire, Burkina Faso

15. Comments Dr Arturo Pesigan, Manilla
"I saw a website where there are alternative libraries--boat, donkey, backpack, etc.  The possibilities are immense, but such would have to be matched to the place and the stakeholders so we do not miss out in terms of reaching out."
Dr Arturo Pesigan,
Manilla

16. World Health Organization Library & Information Networks for Knowledge
MOBILE LIBRARIES
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Library & Information Networks for Knowledge

17. World Health Organization
A Starting Point
Portal Interface
Global Index Medicus:
African, Eastern Mediterranean, Latin American, South-east Asian, Western Pacific
World Wide Directory of Medical Libraries
Multilingual WHOLIS
Mobile Libraries
HINARI

18. GLOBAL INDEX MEDICUS World Health Organization
Non PUBMED
Peer Reviewed
Grey
AFRO
AMRO
EMRO
EURO
SEARO
WPRO
AIM
VHL
IMEMR
Hellis Asia Pacific
FEDERATED – MULTILINGUAL SEARCH

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Multilingual WHOLIS
Web-based full text access to WHO knowledge: 45,000 links
6 official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
50 other languages

20. Mobile libraries: GHL Express
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Mobile libraries: GHL Express
Trunk concept
- blue trunks, multilingual, multisubject
blue trucks
blue mobiles (bibliobus bleus)
blue donkey
blue helpline
blue partners
- red HIV/AIDS knowledge cases

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Print and Story
Ready to use mini-library
print
practical manuals
district health centres
material available locally is added adaptable in size, subject, audience
from push to pull – bouquet of choice
inclusion of tacit knowledge
Knowledge journalists
Story telling

22. HINARI : http:www.who.int/hinari
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HINARI :
HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) is a WHO partnership with major publishers who have agreed to provide access to biomedical and health literature free of charge to developing countries.

27. Egranary – EAccess while Offline

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In conclusion
Ottawa Charter
UK national gateway, others followed
Funding for health
Little funding for health information content
Partnerships are needed and welcome

29. How can partners contribute?
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How can partners contribute?
Be part of a GHL Working Group
Fundraising
World Medical Libraries Directory
Mapping existing resources
Mobile libraries
Multilingual sources
Global Index Medicus