Library and Documentation Centre

Global Initiatives

Blue Trunk Library

The Blue Trunk Library has been developed by the library of the World Health Organization for installation in district health centres in Africa as a means of compensating for the lack of up-to-date medical and health information. The AFRO Library staff train the persons in charge of the Blue Trunk Libraries in the health districts of the AFRO Region. This activity is  implemented in collaboration with the WHO Headquaters. More

Global Health Library (GHL)

The objective of the Global Health Library (GHL) is to contribute to increase access to information and scientific evidence on health, particularly in developing regions. GHL is promoted and led by WHO as part of its strategy of knowledge management in global public health.

Global Information Full Text (GIFT)
The Global Information Full Text project (GIFT) provides WHO staff with online access to major journals and databases in the medical and biomedical field, as well as in related social sciences. It is managed by the WHO Library based in Geneva headquarters. AFRO Library uses GIFT to select relevant articles for the work of WHO. These articles are shared with staff bu e-mail or through the INFODIGEST. The AFRO Library is in charge of training WHO staff in the use of GIFT  More

Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)
The HINARI program, set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. Access HINARI