BioMed Central and PHI to launch African health sciences repository
Two prominent open access organizations, BioMed Central and Partnerships for Health Information, are working to launch a repository meant to facilitate health sciences research in Africa. This initiative, once implemented successfully, will boost knowledge based research creation and the dissemination of research output. According to these organizations the repository will be unveiled in Cape Town, South Africa, during the Health and Biosciences Libraries session.
In Africa there are serious challenges, mainly due to financial constraints, as far as access, availability and dissemination of scholarly outputs are concerned. The BioMed Central and PHI program will address these bottlenecks in two main approaches: support the development of national and institutional repositories. These approaches enable ‘access to health information for health professionals and researchers, governmental departments, institutions, librarians and others within the country.’
The initiative, once realized, will undeniably improve research in the field of health sciences.
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