The American Association of Neurological Surgeons is committed to advancing the field of neurological surgery and upholding the highest quality of patient care. Though based in the United States, the association also participates in international programs and initiatives such as the World Health Organization’s HINARI program.
HINARI stands for Healthy InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative, and the program aims to bring free or low cost online access to major medical journals to nonprofits in developing countries. The program began in 2002 with 1,500 journals from six major publishers in the health sector. Since that time, HINARI has gained the content of nearly 200 publisher partners and made over 58,000 information sources available to members.
In order to gain free or low-cost access to HINARI’s content, an institution must be located in a qualifying country, and must be either a national university, professional school, research institute, healthcare center, government office, national medical library, or a local non-governmental organization. Journals are accessible to all members of eligible organizations.