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Of the approximately 50 million people who were dying each year in the late 1980s, fully two thirds could have been saved through the application of that knowledge. Lack of access to information is not limited to isolated rural areas. Medical school libraries throughout sub-Saharan Africa have suffered massive budget cuts and currency devaluations over the last 10 years. The long-term effect on the quality of healthcare is incalculable. Community' emphasizes the interconnectedness of our activities, whether we are nongovernmental organizations or international health agencies, health librarians or publishers, multimedia producers or telecommunications experts.