The Network of African Medical Librarians

about the Network

The Network of African Medical Librarians is an independent consortium with a secretariat at Kenyatta University in Kenya, comprising medical librarians from seven academic institutions in Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The Network has been active in improving electronic access to research and health care information for researchers, students, health care workers and policy makers in Africa. To this end, the Network has developed a training manual titled: Finding, Organising and Using Health Information which is available in print and electronic formats.

Vision

The Vision of the Network of African Medical Librarians is to strengthen health sciences education, research and outreach for better health outcomes in Africa.

Mission

The Mission is to expand the frontiers of knowledge through the training of, and outreach to African librarians, the academic community, health care professionals, health policy makers in finding, organising and using of health information.

Special Feature

August 9, 2012

Network of African Medical Librarians presentation at MEPI Symposium 2012 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Julia Royall during her presentation

Featured Publications

Voices of Change, an interactive documentation of the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) in Africa

MEPI supports 13 institutions in Sub-Saharan African countries and their partners to develop or expand and enhance models of medical education. These models are intended to support the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) goal of increasing the number of new health care workers by 140,000, strengthen medical education systems in the countries in which they exist, and build clinical and research capacity in Africa as part of a retention strategy for faculty of medical schools and clinical professors. Largely funded by the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC), MEPI is jointly administered by the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (FIC/NIH) and the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (GHAP/HAB/HRSA.)

Comments by librarians at their planning meeting February 27-March 2, 2012, Kenyatta University, Nairobi

Online Courses

PubMed for Librarians

The National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) will be offering a new online class called “PubMed for Librarians” beginning in January 2013. Participants can choose any or all of the five segments (one hour each) that interest them. Each session will be held using Adobe Connect and is worth one hour of MLA CE credit. 

Finding, organizing and using health information: A training manual for students, researchers and health workers in Africa

  • Module One -Information sources [Video] [PDF]
  • Module Two – Searching Tools [Video] [PDF]
  • Module Three –  Electronic Information Searching Techniques [Video] [PDF]
  • Module Four –  Intellectual Property Rights [Video] [PDF]
  • Module Five – Management of Information [Video] [PDF]
  • Module Six – Evaluating Electronic Resources [Video] [PDF] | Module Six – (French version) [Video]
  • Module Seven –  Scholarly Communication [Video] [PDF]
  • Greetings from AHILA President [Video]
  • Summary in Portuguese [Video]

Featured workshops & meetings

Sep

3-5

2013

Network of African Medical Librarians and Deans Workshop

Kenyatta University, Nairobi

Creating Institutional Repositories for African Research

Feb/Mar

27-2

2012

Network of African Medical Librarians and Deans Workshop

Kenyatta University, Nairobi

Outreach and Sustainability: Building Pan-African Capacity in Finding, Organizing and Using Health Information

Mar

11

2011

Network of African Medical Librarians and Deans Workshop

Kenyatta University, Nairobi

Finding, organizing and using health information: A training manual for students, researchers and health workers in Africa

Jul

22-23

2009

Kenyatta University Conference Centre

Kenyatta University, Nairobi

The Importance of Information Literacy Skills for Schools of Health Sciences in Africa