WHO Biomed Journals Initiative, more

[Ann Okerson <ann.okerson@yale.edu>]

Further to the WHO announement of 9 July (see press excerpt immediately
below), here follows a list, from the WHO web site, of categories of
countries and their eligibility for free or deeply-discounted
subscriptions to some leading biomedical journals. Ann Okerson

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London - The World Health Organization and the world's six biggest medical
journal publishers today announce a new initiative which will enable close
to 100 developing countries to gain access to vital scientific information
that they otherwise could not afford.

The arrangement agreed to by the six publishers would allow almost 1000 of
the world's leading medical and scientific journals to become available
through the Internet to medical schools and research institutions in
developing countries for free or at deeply-reduced rates.


Country Lists:
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Countries with GNP per capita of less than $1000 are candidates for free
access from four publishers (the majority of the offered journals) and
minimal prices from two publishers. Countries with GNP per capita between
$1000-$3000 will be offered deeply-discounted prices.

Countries which will be eligible for free or nearly free access (GNP per
capita<$1000):

Albania
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
C�te d�Ivoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People�s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mongolia
Mozambique
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Republic of Moldova
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sudan
Tadjikistan
Togo
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Countries which will be eligible for deeply discounted prices (GNP per
capita between $1000-$3000):

Algeria
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Cape Verde
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
Guatemala
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Maldives
Morocco
Namibia
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Romania
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa (Western)
Suriname
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tunisia
Vanuatu 

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