Global Health Resources

This guide holds a wealth of global health information, including lists of databases and agencies, places for gathering statistics, MGB and MGH programs, translation services, access initiatives that provide countries with free or low-cost access to scholarly literature, and selected ebooks and journals.

This page contains a listing of geographical databases and trial registries. These resources have been adapted from the Cochrane Handbook's supplement and expanded upon. Some of the trial registries listed are included in the WHO's ICTRP.

If you're conducting a systematic review or other evidence synthesis project on a topic that relates to a specific area, it's important to add regional databases and registries to your search. This page can also be consulted if you're looking for literature repositories focused on areas outside of the U.S.

Australia and New Zealand

• ANZCTR trial registry
• Informit

Brazil

• ReBEC trial registry

Canada

• Health Canada trial registry

China

• China Academic Journals (CAJ). Subscription required.
• Chinese Scientific Journals Database (VIP)
• China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
• ChiCTR trial registry
• Health Research and Development Information Network (HERDIN)
• ITMCTR trial registry (traditional medicines) 
• SinoMed
• Wanfang

Cuba

• RPCEC trial registry

Czech Republic

• Medvik

Finland

• Medic

Germany

• AUO trial registry (urological oncological studies)
• Current Contents Medicine
• DRKS trial registry

Hong Kong

• HKUCTR trial registry

Hungary

• Magyar Orvosi Bibliografia (Bibliographia Medica Hungarica)

Iran

• IranMedex
• IRCT trial registry

India

• CTRI trial registry

Japan

• Ichushi-Web. Subscription required.
• UMIN CTR trial registry

Korea

• KoreaMed

Lebanon

• LBCTR trial registry

The Netherlands

• Overview of Medical Research in the Netherlands trial registry

Pakistan

Poland

• Polish Medical Bibliography

Russia

• Russian Medicine and Public Health Journals. Subscription required.
• State Register of Medicines

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Digital Library

Singapore

• HSA Clinical Trials Registry

South Africa

• SANCTR trial registry

South Korea

• CRiS trial registry

Sri Lanka

• SLCTR trial registry

Switzerland and Neighboring Countries

• Swiss National Clinical Trials Portal

Thailand

• TCTR trial registry
• Thai Journal Citation Index Centre
• Thai Medical Index

Turkey

• TR Index

United Kingdom

• AgeInfo
• Be Part of Research trial registry
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Database, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

• ISRCTN trial registry

Africa

• African Index Medicus
• African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
• Africa Wide. Harvard access only.
• Pan African Clinical Trial Registry

Europe

• EMBASE. European-focused. Harvard access only.
• EU Clinical Trials Register
• EudraCT (EU)
• Europe PMC
• OpenGrey Repository. Grey literature database.

Eastern Mediterranean

• Index Medicus for the Eastern Mediterranean Region (IMEMR)
• Virtual Health Sciences Library (VHSL)

Latin America and/or the Caribbean

• Literature in the Health Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean (LILACS)
• Latindex (Regional Cooperative Online Information System for Scholarly Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal)
• PERIide (Index of Latin American Journals in Science)
• Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Searching in English, Spanish and Portuguese in journal collections primarily from Central and South America.

Middle East, Africa and Asia

• Al Manhal

Muslim World

• Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) Science Citation Database

Southeast Asia

• Index Medicus for the South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR)

Western Pacific

• Western Pacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM)

• International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
• Global Index Medicus
• Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network Database (Gideon). Subscription required.
• Global Health. Harvard access only.
• SafetyLit. Abstracts from research throughout the world related to prevention of injuries.
• PTSDpubs. Worldwide literature on PTSD and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events.

• Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (BIREME) 
• World Health Organization guidelines
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines
• Guidelines International Network (GIN)