W.H.O. & six medical publishers launch initiative.The World Health Organization (WHO; Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switz.) and the world's six largest medical journal publishers have launched "Access to Research." The first stage of the initiative allows for free online access for doctors, researchers and health policy--makers at universities, medical schools, research centers and other public institutions in 70 developing countries to more than 1000 medical journals produced by the six participating publishers. A second stage of the initiative will involve similar access to the journals at reduced charges 1. The smaller of the two propelling charges available for naval guns. 2. Charge employing a reduced amount of propellant to fire a gun at short ranges as compared to a normal charge. See also normal charge. for institutions in other select countries. The group said the initiative was started because of the increasing cost of annual subscriptions to medical journals, making many journals inaccessible to practitioners in developing countries. The project is expected to last for at least three years. The six publishers include Blackwell, Elsevier Science, Harcourt Worldwide STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. Group, Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext: WKL) is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors. International Health & Science, Springer Verlag and John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
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