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By Adalberto Tardelli
 Virtual libraries, collaborative spaces, specialized dictionaries, directories, and full texts are but some of the information sources that comprise the Virtual Health Library (VHL), regionally and globally coordinated by BIREME, the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information of PAHO/WHO.
Major inequities in access to health services persist in our Region as a consequence of a variety of factors that limit the possibilities of receiving medical care when and where it is needed. These inequities also affect access to information for informed decision making, as well as the capacity of health workers to utilize information and communications technologies to access that information.
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Argentina currently has a high level of technology penetration. The National Census and Statistics Institute estimates that three out of four residents of urban households use cell phones and more than half use a computer and the Internet. Argentina is also the country that devotes the most time to social networking sites at the global level. One of the challenges the country faces today is to ensure that this context continues to benefit public health...
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