Innovations for Global Health Equity: Beyond Open Access towards Open Data

Abstract: 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.