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Global Index Medicus (GIM)

World Health Organization

HDB-0629

The Global Index Medicus is a bibliographic index of scientific and technical health literature maintained by the World Health Organization, comprising regional indexes covering the African, Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asian, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western Pacific regions. It is used to search and retrieve bibliographic records on health sciences by title, author, subject, or DeCS/MeSH descriptors, and is accessible freely through the WHO website.

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Literature database

Access

Open access

Region

Global

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Record HDB-0629 · last verified 2026-09-11 · listed in Medical literature databases

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