Reasons why LILACS is important:

1 – Provides visibility and access to scientific and technical literature that is invisible and not indexed in other databases.

2 – Provides visibility and access to scientific evidence contextualized to the population’s reality, which promotes social impact on public health policies.

3 – Includes documentation for researchers and students in health sciences, public health managers, and health professionals.

4 – Is an information ecosystem with a decentralized and collaborative information management model specialized in Health Sciences.

5 – Offers continuously updated methodology and technology aligned with editorial trends in health and emerging technologies.

6 – Has methodologies and technologies that conform to international standards for research, publication, and management of scientific and technical information in Health Sciences.

7 – Supports and drives national and regional Open Science initiatives.

8 – Strengthens national systems and networks in health research, education, services, and information.

9 – Is led in countries and thematic areas by institutions recognized for excellence in their field.

10 – Develops local capacities through coordination meetings, training of multipliers, professional training, and publication of documentation for management and training purposes.

11 – Has a fully online platform.

12 – Uses open-source technologies.

13 – Is a tested, approved, and adopted ecosystem in other regional and global initiatives such as African Index Medicus, Global Index Medicus, MTCI Global, COVID-19 platform (discontinued after the pandemic), and others.

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