The
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of ...
maintains the Global Index Medicus (GIM).
The GIM database draws into one reference source several WHO regional databases that cover bio-medicine and social welfare issues. Among these are: The
African Index Medicus
The African Index Medicus (''AIM'') is an international database to African health literature implemented by World Health Organization (WHO) and African partners. AIM makes available (on line) health information produced on Africa or by African ...
– AIM (maintained by AFRO/WHO); the Scientific and Technical Literature of Latin America and the Caribbean –
LILACS (maintained by AMRO-PAHO/WHO through its specialized center BIREME); Index Medicus for Eastern Mediterranean Region – IMEMR (EMRO/WHO); Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region – IMSEAR (SEARO/WHO); and the Western Pacific Region Index Medicus – WPRIM (WPRO/WHO).
The Global Index Medicus began consolidating the contents of the above listed databases in 2012.
References
External links
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GIM Multilingual Thesaurus
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Bibliographic database providers
Medical search engines
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