This post was originally published on the IntraHealth International blog.
To mark t
he beginning of Open Access Week, a global event now in its fifth year, which promotes open access as a new norm in scholarship and research, we started thinking about the concept of “open.” Google defines it as:
Allowing access, passage, or a view through an empty space; not closed or blocked up: ‘the door was wide open.’
IntraHealth has long championed the importance of health workers and managers having open access to information, particularly in developing countries. Open access is a natural extension of that work. As we blogged last spring, readily available and accessible information can help health workers save lives. Read more »
