hinari for free access to journals: eligibility

[neurology admin]

HINARI Programme set up by WHO together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to one of the world's largest collections of biomedical and health literature. More than 8,500 journals and 7000 e-books (in 30 different languages) are now available to health institutions in more than 100 countries, areas and territories benefiting many thousands of health workers and researchers, and in turn, contributing to improve world health.

need username and password for the institution to access the free articles and journals.

Two groups of countries (Group A and Group B)
Local, not-for-profit institutions in two groups of countries may register for access to the publications through HINARI. The country lists are based on three factors: GNI per capita (World Bank figures), United Nations Least Developed Country (LDCs) List and Human Development Index (HDI).

Institutions in countries with at least one of the following criteria may be eligible for free access: inclusion in the LDCs; an HDI of less than 0.63; or GNI per capita at or below $1600.

Institutions in countries that do not match at least one of the above criteria and with either a GNI per capita less than $5000 or HDI at or below 0.67 may be eligible to pay a fee of $1000 per year. (See lists of countries, areas and territories below)


Eligible categories of institutions are: national universities, research institutes, professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, dentistry), teaching hospitals, government offices and national medical libraries. All staff members and students are entitled to access to the information resources.
If your institution is in a Group A (free access) country, then HINARI is free. If your institution is in a Group B (low-cost access) country, HINARI costs US $1000 per institution per calendar year (from January through December). All institutions registering from Group B countries are entitled to a six month trial.
If your institution is in Group B (low-cost access) country, and you cannot or choose not to pay the annual fee, your institution will still be eligible for free access to a number of information resources.
Free Access in Group B countries for some information resources
countries, areas and territories
Group A (free access)
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Republic of Moldova
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- West Bank and Gaza Strip
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe

Group B (low-cost access)
- Albania
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Belize
- Boznia and Herzegovina
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Fiji
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kosovo
- Marshall Islands
- Nauru
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Sri Lanka
- Suriname
- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine


This list of countries, areas, and territories is intended for use by the Research4Life partnership only. Given the specific nature of the design of this list which incorporates factors relevant to our public-private-partnership, we recommend that anyone seeking a list of countries fitting certain criteria should consult original United Nations, UNDP, and World Bank data.