Open Access Africa: 2011 initiatives

"BioMed Central, the open access publisher, believes that the facilitation of scientific and medical information flow plays an important role in future international social and scientific development. Removing restrictive journal subscription fees challenges inequalities regarding the access to and use of high-quality scientific resources and increases the visibility and impact of research published from low-income countries. [Four] new initiatives being launched in 2011 look to increase the visibility and output of scientific research from across Africa and the wider developing world...."