Online Help: PROMED

# Accessing ProMED archives

To search the ProMED database, send a message to getweb@usa.healthnet.org. The body of the message should contain the line:

`SEARCH PROMED keyword1 keyword2 ...`

Where "keyword1 keyword2 ..." is a list of one or more keywords which you expect the documents you're searching for to contain.

For example, to search for articles on yellow fever in ghana, send a message:

`SEARCH PROMED yellow fever ghana`

You will get back a list of messages which have text matching one or more keywords:

    90%  promed-mail 9612: PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Ghana[3]
    78%  promed-mail 9611: Yellow fever, imported - USA from Brazil[4]

    ...

    [3] http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9612/0010.html
    [4] http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9611/0040.html

    To access the message titled "Yellow fever - Ghana", look at the
    end of the message for an index of hypertext links and choose the link
    for 3.  Then send another message to getweb@usa.healthnet.org:

    GET http://www.healthnet.org/programs/promed-hma/9611/0040.html

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