Empowering African Medical Librarians: U.S. National Library of Medicine International Associate Fellows and the Network of African Medical Librarians 2001-2011. The Network’s vision is to strengthen health sciences education, research and outreach for better health outcomes in Africa. Their mission is to expand the frontiers of knowledge through outreach to and training of African medical librarians, the academic research community, health care professionals, and health policy makers in the finding, organizing and using of health information.