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Countries with free access

The low income and low-middle income countries detailed below are entitled to FREE access to our sites. They include the 113 developing countries, areas and territories included in the HINARI initiative.  There is no need to subscribe to access the full text in the countries listed below, they will automatically qualify for free access.

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NB IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The software that enables this procedure relies on information contained in the IP address of your internet server. Some internet service providers (ISPs) route their traffic through servers which are NOT in your country. If this country is not on the list of countries below then access will be refused. Visitors experiencing access problems are asked to check the country of origin of their ISP before contacting BMJ Group for help.  In particular, the above information applies to users of AOL amongst others.

Countries whose institutions are eligible for free access (GNP per capita < $1000):

Afghanistan Albania Angola
Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh
Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso
Burundi Cambodia Cameroon
Central African Republic Chad Comoros
Congo Côte d'Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti East Timor Eritrea
Ethiopia Gambia Georgia
Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau
Guyana Haiti Honduras
Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic Lesotho Liberia
Madagascar Malawai Mali
Mauritania Mongolia Mozambique
Myanmar Nepal Nicaragua
Niger Nigeria Papua New Guinea
Republic of Moldova Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands
Somalia Sudan Tadjikistan
Togo Tokelau Turkmenistan
Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine
United Republic of Tanzania Uzbekistan Viet Nam
Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe



Countries whose institutions are eligible for free access (GNP per capita $1000-$3000):

Algeria Belarus Bolivia
Boznia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Cape Verde
Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic
Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea
Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Guatemala
Iraq Jamaica Jordan
Kazakhstan Kosovo (Serbia and Montenegro) Maldives
Marshall Islands Morocco Namibia
Panama Paraguay Peru
Romania Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa (Western)
Serbia and Montenegro Suriname Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tonga
Tunisia Vanuatu Wallis and Fortuna
West Bank and Gaza

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