Elsevier Supports International Crisis Aid Through ‘Pillars of Hope’ Campaign

PHILADELPHIA, November 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –

Percentage of revenues from MD Consult, First Consult
subscriptions sold Nov.-Dec. go to medical relief organization building a

hospital in Ethiopia

Elsevier [http://www.elsevier.com ], a world-leading provider of
scientific, technical and medical information products and services,
announced today that it will contribute to International Crisis Aid
[http://www.crisisaid.org/index.html ] (ICA) through its “Pillars of Hope”
[http://info.mdconsult.com/pillarsofhope ] campaign, providing medical
assistance and support to numerous people around the world.

Elsevier will donate 10 percent of its revenue to ICA for all
subscriptions to MD Consult, [http://www.mdconsult.com ] Elsevier’s premier
electronic clinical reference tool, purchased between Nov. 15 and Dec. 31,
2011. This donation will help aid those in crisis by supporting construction
of a new hospital in Ethiopia. Elsevier hopes to raise up to $15,000 through
the purchase of new MD Consult individual annual subscriptions.

“ICA is grateful to Elsevier for supporting our medical relief efforts,”
said Pat Bradley, President and Board Chairman for ICA. “The construction of
a hospital in Ethiopia is a very important project for us. The generosity of
Elsevier and the people who purchase MD Consult subscriptions during this
campaign will move us closer to the hospital’s completion and high quality
medical care for the Ethiopians who visit the hospital.”

Elsevier is committed to advancing global healthcare through timely,
accurate clinical knowledge and data. With more than 7,000 employees working
in more than 70 offices worldwide, Elsevier has a long track record of
partnership with global science and health communities in around the world.
This is third year that Elsevier has initiated a donation program with an
international medical charity.

In September 2000, St. Louis, MO-based ICA began work in Southern Sudan
during a time of desperate civil war by delivering humanitarian aid into
dangerous “no-go” zones where starvation, disease and genocide are a part of
everyday life.

“At Elsevier we always want to help enhance and improve care and
outcomes for patients around the world,” said Randy Charles, Managing
Director, Global Clinical Reference, Elsevier. “By supporting ICA through
‘Pillars of Hope,’ 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 be
a great success.”

For more information on this campaign, visit Pillars of Hope
[http://info.mdconsult.com/pillarsofhope ].

AboutInternational Crisis Aid [http://www.crisisaid.org/index.html ]

ICA’s mission is to assist in sustaining life, bring encouragement to
those suffering and collaborate with other relief organizations in bringing
necessary foods, materials and medicines to people in times of crisis,
particularly where life and death situations exist. To accomplish this
vision we will continue to target our efforts in “no-go zones” where other
organizations cannot or will not go. Since 2002, ICA programs have reached
out to children and families in Cambodia, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
North Korea, Indonesia, Sudan and Haiti. It is now working on Safe homes in
the U.S.A.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading provider 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 ], Reaxys [http://www.reaxys.com ], MD Consult
[http://www.mdconsult.com ] and Nursing Consult
[http://www.nursingconsult.com ], which enhance the productivity of science
and health professionals, and the SciVal suite [http://www.scival.com ] 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 ] employs 7,000 people worldwide. The company is
part of Reed Elsevier Group PLC [http://www.reedelsevier.com ], 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).

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