Veitch E, Barbour V, DPhil B

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Addressing inequity in health information is a crucial step in reducing worldwide disparities in health outcomes, and a necessary prerequisite for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The current lack of global equity in this area applies to widely diverse resources, including peer-reviewed journal articles, reference material such as drug formularies and teaching material, and even basic health systems and administrative information, such as birth and death registration data.
The advent of Open Access (OA) journal publication addresses one component of this inequity, represented and advocated by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) and many other publishers. Compared to “traditional” subscription-based journals, OA publishing removes barriers to access based on price (i.e. subscription fees) and permission (copyright restrictions on reuse). Key is a liberal license, allowing article users to reproduce, distribute, and reuse the work worldwide with proper attribution.