Open Access Week

In recognition of Open Access Week (www.openaccessweek.org), ProCor is highlighting a range of open-access resources. These materials are freely available to anyone with access to the internet. While open access does not solve the issue of the digital divide--people without internet access cannot directly access these resources--it does increase access in some regions, and allows people with access to download and then share resources with others through local interpersonal networks. The quality and quantity of open-access resources has increased enormously over the past several years and these resources are enormously popular and useful to people in developed and developing countries alike.

Read an excellent article on this topic, "Open Access: a giant leap towards bridging health inequities," by Leslie Chan, Subbiah Arunachalam, and Barbara Kirsop in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Bull World Health Organ 2009: 87; 631-635,http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/8/09-064659/en/index.html).

Here are some examples of open-access resources relevant to CVD prevention. We recommend you bookmark them, explore them, and spread the world to your colleagues. Let us know about additional resources you find useful by sending a message to info@procor.org./.../