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HealthNet News archive

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2014-009

Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. SatelLife communications antenna from Mali; photograph scrapbooks; organizational records; videos from the early years of SatelLife and its HealthNet system in Africa; electronic archive of the early days of HealthNet News (1992-2005) The archive is on a CD-ROM. Included is a search engine which can perform a simple word search.

Dates

  • Creation: 1992-2014

Extent

7 Linear Feet (5 boxes + artifact)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Access Restrictions

Unprocessed collection. Access is restricted. See Reference Librarian for information regarding access.

Copyright and Re-use Information

Donor's copyrights were transferred to the public domain. Archival collections often contain mixed copyrights; while NLM is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. It is the user's responsibility to research and understand any applicable copyright and re-publication rights not allowed by fair... use. NLM does not grant permissions to publish.

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Privacy Information

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Biographical/Historical Note

HealthNet News, the first electronic health news in Africa. The majority of subscribers are in Africa (45 countries) and primarily physicians. Agreements with 25 medical publishers granted royalty free permission to use their content (abstracts and selected full texts) in the newsletters. The text of each issue is embedded within an email message.

Collection Summary

SatelLife communications antenna from Mali; photograph scrapbooks; organizational records; videos from the early years of SatelLife and its HealthNet system in Africa; electronic archive of the early days of HealthNet News (1992-2005) The archive is on a CD-ROM. Included is a search engine which can perform a simple word search.
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