In 2003 WHO published "Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health", known as the IFC Framework, that promotes integrating the health promotion approach set out in the Ottawa Charter into national maternal and newborn health strategies. More than 10 years aft...
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on blood folate concentrations in women of reproductive age for the prevention of neural tube defects in populations. It aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to make informed decisions on the appropriate nutrition...
This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, presents current WHO guidance on the safety of various contraceptive methods for use in the context of spe...
These are the first World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the prevention, care and treatment of persons living with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) infection, and complement similar recently published guidance by WHO on the prevention, care and treatment of infection due to the hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
Malaria case management, which consists of prompt diagnosis and effective treatment, remains a vital component of malaria control and elimination strategies. This third edition of the WHO Guidelines for the treatment of malaria contains updated recommendations based on new evidence as well as a recommend...
The primary audience for this guideline is health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal and child health programmes and policy-makers in all settings. The guideline will also be useful to those directly providing...
Planned and regulated task shifting and task sharing can have a range of benefits. It can ensure a rational optimization of the available health workforce, address health system shortages of specialized health-care professionals, improve equity in access to health care and increase the acceptability of h...
Esta guía se hizo para hombres y mujeres mayores de 16 años con amputaciones de miembros interiores por causa traumática: accidentes de tránsito, deportivos, o minas antipersonas, heridas por arma de fuego, y amputaciones por causas vasculares o por diabetes. En las amputaciones traumáticas asociada...
Esta guía se hizo para hombres y mujeres mayores de 16 años con amputaciones de miembros interiores por causa traumática: accidentes de tránsito, deportivos, o minas antipersonas, heridas por arma de fuego, y amputaciones por causas vasculares o por diabetes. En las amputaciones traumáticas asociada...
INTRODUÇÃO: O câncer de mama é o tipo mais incidente na população feminina mundial e brasileira, excetuando-se os casos de câncer de pele não melanoma, e também uma das principais causas de morte por câncer em países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento. As taxas de incidência são maiores nos ...
