Singapore Declaration on equitable access to health information in the Western Pacific Region

As part of an initiative of the World Health Organization (WHO) to establish a virtual Global Health Library, the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has developed the Western Pacific Regional Index Medicus, or WPRIM, to facilitate the sharing, exchange and management of health knowledge. It is recognized that articles in peer-reviewed journals contain information that is essential for health services, health sciences, health policy and public health promotion. The need to access research publications from work done in the various countries of the Region has resulted in each country’s National Journal Selection Committee screening their journals using certain minimum criteria. Those selected are recommended to be part of the WPRIM.