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The World Health Organization publishes a
number of publications and periodicals dealing with public health issues
covering a wide range of topics including prevention and management of
communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, family
health, essential medicines, health technology, health statistics and
traditional medicines. Most of these are freely downloadable, and some are
for sale.
The Publications-Sales Sub-unit is
responsible for marketing and sale of these products in the Member
Countries of WHO’s South-East Asia Region. Free publications are
distributed by the Library.
Priced publications are grouped as Books and
Subscriptions (journals and periodicals).
All orders for priced publications should be
sent to our office in New Delhi, India (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia), preferably by e-mail (publications@searo.who.int)
Books
will be despatched as soon as a confirmed order, together with full payment is received. Click here for
the WHO/HQ catalogue of books available for sale. Quoted
prices are applicable for all countries and does not include
handling and postage charges. For developing countries, the cost will be at
70% of the global rates. A regional catalogue can be obtained by sending a
request to the above-mentioned email ID.
E-mail orders sent to us will be
acknowledged and a proforma invoice indicating
the exact price will be sent to the requester within two working days.
Customers in India should send payment in
the form of demand draft or cheque favouring “World Health Organization” payable at New Delhi. Payment by
credit card or through on-line transfer is not accepted.
Customers from other Member Countries of the
Region should send their order to us but payment has to be deposited with the respective WHO Country Office (WCO). Click
here for a list of contact
points in WCOs in the Member Countries of SEA Region.
Subscription orders received will also be
acknowledged within two working days. There are 12 packages designed to
suit the needs of our varied clients that include institutions and
individuals.
Our “Global” subscription package is ideal
for those seeking a comprehensive record of everything published by WHO in a calendar year. Subscribers of “Global”
subscription package receive all WHO periodicals and books published
(January to December) which results in substantial savings.
The other smaller packages are grouped as
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Public Health, Periodicals and
Selected Series, Environmental Health & Chemical Safety, Pharmaceuticals
& Biologicals, Health Systems, Family Health,
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, WHO Drug Information, WHO
Technical Report Series, and Weekly Epidemiological Record. Click
here for subscription rates for
2012 and the Order Form.
Orders can also be placed through our authorized distributors
appointed in some Member Countries of South-East Asia Region.
Some of the useful links for related
information are given below
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