BMJ journals free to the developing world

doi:10.1136/bmj.324.7334.380

BMJ 2002;324:380 ( 16 February )

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BMJ journals free to the developing world

Now free for the 100 poorest countries

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The BMJ Publishing Group has for almost a year provided free access to the electronic version of its 23 specialist journalsto anybody in the 50 poorest countries in the world.¹ (TheBMJ and the studentBMJ are, of course, free to everybody everywhere.)Now we are extending free access to over 100 of the poorest countriesin the world, which between them include most of the world's population(see box). Within a few weeks (once we have solved some technicalproblems) we will also provide free access to Clinical Evidence,our evidence based compendium of answers to commonly asked clinicalquestions.²

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The BMJ is not alone in providing free access to those in the developing world. Our initiative comes just a few days afterthe switching on of the World Health Organization initiative,which provides institutions in the developing world with freeor very low cost access to the publications of many . . . [Full text of this article]

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