The aim of the Pan American Information Network on Environmental Health (REPIDISCA) created in 1982 and located in Lima, Peru is to disseminate available information on:

REPIDISCA selects and analyzes bibliographic material, with special emphasis on documents produced in Latin America and the Caribbean. Special attention is given to research and technical reports, theses, conference papers, technical standards, videos, softwares and training material, which are generally distributed in a limited way. Thus, REPIDISCA users are provided with information on the latest technologies and environmental management approaches.

REPIDISCA is a decentralized system operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. National institutions, acting as Cooperating Centers, together with the National Coordinating Centers, are responsible for the development of REPIDISCA in their own countries. CEPIS has a coordinating mission at a regional level and consolidates the information in several data bases.

The 342 Cooperating Centers of REPIDISCA in 24 Latin American and Caribbean countries daily identify information on environmental health available in libraries, documentation centers and other information units.

REPIDISCA participation in the "Network of Networks" facilitates access to the documentation of 19 information networks from Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as from the Urban Agricultural Network; both sponsored by the CIID of Canada.

Besides, its data base is compatible with LILACS (Literatura Latinoamericana en Ciencias de la Salud). It communicates with other information systems on the same field. It is important to emphasize the financial support of the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ).

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