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The World Health Organization maintains the '''Global Index Medicus''' ('''GIM''').<ref name="GIM-About">{{cite web |title=About-GIM Database|url=https://www.globalindexmedicus.net/about-gim/ |publisher=World Health Organization |accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref> The GIM database draws into one reference source several WHO regional databases that cover bio-medicine and social welfare issues. Among these are: The African Index Medicus – AIM (maintained by AFRO/WHO); the Scientific and Technical Literature of Latin America and the Caribbean – LILACS (maintained by AMRO-PAHO/WHO through its specialized center BIREME); Index Medicus for Eastern Mediterranean Region – IMEMR (EMRO/WHO); Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region – IMSEAR (SEARO/WHO); and the Western Pacific Region Index Medicus – WPRIM (WPRO/WHO).<ref name="GIM-sources">{{cite web |title=GIM-Sources |url=https://www.globalindexmedicus.net/scientific-and-technical-literature/ |publisher=World Health Organization |accessdate=25 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sen |first=Kk |date=October 1998 |title=Index Medicus for WHO South-East Asia Region. Volume 11 Jan.-Dec |journal=Medical Journal Armed Forces India |language=en |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=378 |doi=10.1016/S0377-1237(17)30625-1 |pmc=5531725}}</ref>
The Global Index Medicus began consolidating the contents of the above listed databases in 2012.
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== External links== *{{official|https://www.globalindexmedicus.net/ }} * [https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/gim/decs-locator/?lang=en GIM Multilingual Thesaurus]
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