Biblioteca Virtual en Salud

In Latin America and the Caribbean, a Biblioteca Virtual en Salud (BVS, translation: Virtual Health Library) is an institution that employs the World Wide Web to "improve access to reliable, locally relevant information [on health and health sciences] for health-professionals, researchers, academics, educators, decision makers, and the general public". [cite paper|publisher=Pan-American Health Organization|title=The Virtual Health Library|url=http://www.jam.paho.org/LIBRARY/Virtualhealthlibrary.htm|date=2003] BVSes are organized under the auspices of the Pan-American Health Organization and the World Health Organization.

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National BVSes

The BVS web sites in individual countries:
* [http://bvs.insp.mx./ Mexico]
* [http://www.bvs.org.pe./ Peru]