Elsevier Supports Doctors Without Borders for Second Year Through 'The Great Giveback' Campaign

PHILADELPHIA, November 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Percentage of Revenues From MD Consult Subscriptions Sold in Nov.-Dec. to go to Medical Relief Organization Which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999

Elsevier, (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today that it will contribute to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) ( http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/) through 'The Great Giveback' (http://info.mdconsult.com/thegreatgiveback/) campaign, providing medical assistance and support to numerous people around the world.

Elsevier will donate 10 percent of its revenue to MSF for all subscriptions to MD Consult, ( http://www.mdconsult.com/php/225893163-2/homepage) Elsevier's premier electronic clinical reference tool, purchased between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31, 2010. In 2009, a similar campaign brought in more than 350 subscriptions worth over $120,000.

"MSF is grateful to Elsevier for supporting our relief efforts for a second year in a row," said Jennifer Tierney, Director of Development, MSF-USA. "With the generosity of Elsevier and the people who purchase MD Consult subscriptions during this campaign, MSF will be able to provide assistance to people in war-torn countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, or in the wake of natural disasters such as the recent earthquake in Haiti and the floods in Pakistan."

Elsevier is committed to advancing global healthcare through timely, accurate clinical knowledge and data. MSF aid workers operate programs in more than 60 countries, from Cambodia, Guatemala and Armenia, to Burundi, Brazil and Bosnia. Elsevier, in turn, has 7,000 employees working in more than 70 offices worldwide and a track record of partnership with global science and health communities in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and the U.S.

"The outcome from last year's campaign was so successful that Elsevier wanted to continue to help enhance care and improve outcomes for patients who need it," said Randy Charles, Managing Director, Global Clinical Reference, Elsevier. "By supporting MSF again through 'The Great Giveback,' Elsevier is working towards fulfilling its global healthcare mission of building insights and breaking boundaries while making a positive impact to the healthcare community. We hope this campaign will continue to be successful this year."

    For more information on this campaign, visit
http://info.mdconsult.com/thegreatgiveback/.

About Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF): (http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/)

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides aid in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition and exclusion from health care or natural disasters. In 1999, MSF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. For more information visit http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. The company works in partnership with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000 journals, including The Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/) and Cell, (http://www.cell.com/) and close to 20,000 book titles, including major reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include SciVerse ScienceDirect, (http://www.sciencedirect.com/) SciVerse Scopus, (http://www.scopus.com/home.url) Reaxys, ( https://www.reaxys.com/reaxys/session.do) MD Consult ( http://www.mdconsult.com/php/225893163-4/homepage) and Nursing Consult, (http://www.nursingconsult.com/php/225893265-2/home.html) which enhance the productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite and MEDai's Pinpoint Review, (http://www.medai.com/) which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more cost-effectively.

A global business headquartered in Amsterdam, Elsevier ( http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home) employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC, ( http://www.reedelsevier.com/Pages/Home.aspx) a world-leading publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and ENL (New York Stock Exchange).

    Media Contact

    Tom Reller
    Vice President of Global Relations, Elsevier
    +1-212-462-1912
    [email protected]

SOURCE Elsevier

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