Zika virus is an arthropod-borne flavivirus, which is transmitted primarily by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, but can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. The overall goal of these guidelines is to provide guidance and evidence-based recommendations about the prevention of sexual transmission ...
El diagnóstico y la certificación de muerte, históricamente se basó en la confirmación del cese irreversible de las funciones cardiorrespiratorias. La GuÃa de Práctica ClÃnica de diagnóstico de muerte encefálica y manejo del potencial donante de órganos forma parte del Catálogo Maestro de GuÃ...
Infection prevention and control consists of evidence-based measures intended to prevent exposure and reduce the risk of transmission of infectious agents.
The revised guidelines contain recommendations for specific administrative, environmental controls and respiratory protection, following the assessme...
S elf-care interventions are among the most promising
and exciting new approaches to improve health
and well-being, both from a health systems
perspective and for people who use these interventions.
The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the following
working definition of self-care: Self-care is the a...
Physical inactivity has been identified as a leading risk factor for global mortality and a contributor to the rise in overweight and obesity. Early childhood is a period of rapid physical and cognitive development and a time during which a child’s habits are formed and family
lifestyle habits are open...
Tuberculosis (TB) strains with drug resistance (DR-TB) are more difficult to treat than drug-susceptible ones, and threaten global progress towards the targets set by the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO). There is thus a critical need for evidence-based policy recommendations on the...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) strategy for tuberculosis (TB) prevention, care and control for 2015–2035 (known as the End TB Strategy) prioritizes the early diagnosis of TB. This prioritization includes cases of smear-negative disease, which are often associated with coinfection with HIV ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a Guideline Development Group (GDG) meeting from 29 to 31 July 2019 to review global guidance on contraceptive eligibility for women at high risk of HIV acquisition to and determine whether revisions to the fifth edition of the Medical eligibility criteria for...
The objectives of these guidelines are:
• to provide evidence-based guidance on the use of thermal ablation to treat cervical precancer; and
• to support countries to update their national guidelines for the use of thermal ablation for cervical precancer.
These guidelines were developed using the W...
This document is a valuable working tool for anyone who works in the health networks of Latin American countries. It describes the most recent basic and fundamental guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease) based on the evidence published to date, and is now ...
