Journals and Databases

LSHTM Research Online
Freely accessible online database of research conducted by staff from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Provides access to the full text of research articles where possible, otherwise provides links to where the full text can be accessed.

Health Systems Evidence
Free access point for evidence to support policymakers, stakeholders and researchers interested in how to strengthen or reform health systems or in how to get cost-effective programs, services and drugs to those who need them. A one-time, free registration needs to be completed before you can access this database. Health Systems Evidence is an initiative of the McMaster Health Forum.

WHO e-Library of Evidence for Nutrition Actions (eLENA)
eLENA is an online library of evidence-informed guidelines for an expanding list of nutrition interventions. It is a single point of reference for the latest nutrition guidelines, recommendations and related information. eLENA aims to help countries successfully implement and scale-up nutrition interventions by informing as well as guiding policy development and programme design.

Database of Promoting Health Effectiveness Reviews (DoPHER)

PROSPERO
An international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care. Registration is free and open to anyone undertaking systematic reviews of the effects of interventions and strategies to prevent, diagnose, treat, and monitor health conditions, for which there is a health related outcome.

African Medical Journals
List of African Medical Journals maintained by the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) Health Sciences Library and Documentation Centre .

Pan African Clinical Trials Registry
The Pan African Clinical Trials Registry (PACTR) is a regional register of clinical trials conducted in Africa. The registry is an African initiative serving the needs of Africans. It provides a platform where clinical trials can be registered prospectively. In addition, it also provides a searchable, electronic database of planned trials and trials currently in progress.

Evidence Portal
The Evidence Portal of the Virtual Health Library unites, organizes, and offers integrated access to health information sources of better level of evidence in agreement with the Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) methodology, and access to information sources about the EBM methodology itself.

EHCRC - Evidence Update
Two-page summaries of a Cochrane Review of the healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle -income countries, developed by the Effective Health Care Research Consortium.

EVIPNet Portal