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A librarian in Myanmar is modernizing the way of delivering literature to students, a physiotherapist in Ethiopia is finding better ways to treat his patients and a researcher in Zimbabwe is tackling the burden of diabetes. These are just some of the many stories we hear from Research4Life user. Read more below on this page, and discover other stories from the community.

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New nonprofit launched to support Research4Life

Friends of Research4Life, a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in the United States, was launched to support the critical mission of Research4Life to enable full participation in the global information environment. Organizations and individuals can now make contributions that directly benefit Research4Life programs.

Learn what is and how you can access the new Research4Life programme – GOALI
On March 6. 2018, a new Research4Life programme called GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) was launched in Geneva. This initiative lead by the ILO, the Cornell University Law Library, the Yale Lillian Goldman Law Library and Brill Nijhoff
ILO AND Research4Life launch online access to legal research and training for developing countries
Researchers, law students, policymakers, judges and legal experts in low- and middle-income countries can now get free or low-cost online access to legal information and training from the world’s leading academic publishers. GENEVA, March 6th, 2018 – Research4Life, The ILO
New Research4Life Programme – GOALI Launch event
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and its partners will launch a new Research4Life programme called “Global Online Access to Legal Information” (GOALI), on Tuesday, 6 March. Recognizing the importance of access to legal information, the new programme gives free or low-cost
Research4Life provides a joint launch page to enhance your search experience
The Research4Life team has been working on improving our portals and services and is pleased to announce several enhancements for Research4Life programme users: From the beginning of this year, all institutions registered for any of the Research4Life programmes (Hinari, AGORA, OARE and ARDI) get access to all portals with their credentials.
AGORA training Nicaragua
Instituto Nicaraguense de Tecnologia Agropecuaria eager to discover the AGORA platform
Upon request of the National Technical Institute of Agriculture and Fisheries (INTA) in Nicaragua, the AGORA team of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with FAO Nicaragua, organized a four-hour online training for the INTA team at the central level and their remotely connected colleagues from the six regions. In total 38 staff members of the Institute participated to jointly discover the AGORA platform and collection for the first time. At the central level 15 colleagues followed the training together on a big screen, while at the same time practicing on their laptops.
Highlights from the latest OARE Workshop in Nairobi
A 2.5-day OARE workshop was hosted at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi, Kenya on the past November 2017. Twenty one librarians and researchers selected from various institutions around the country participated in this workshop. This was the first workshop
Hinari