The Western Pacific Region Index Medicus (WPRIM) is a project of the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office in collaboration with several institutions in its Member States. This is the Region's contribution to the Global Health Library (GHL) initiative which aims to extend to all the benefits of the knowledge that is essential to the fullest attainment of health. WPRIM contributes to the Global Index Medicus (GIM) which can be accessed at www.globalindexmedicus.net.

To index selected medical/health journals published in Member States of the WHO Western Pacific Region.

To create a bibliographic database containing records linked to their full text.

To raise the level of journal publishing in Member States of the WHO Western Pacific Region through a peer-review system.

To build the capacity of participating health institutions.