Los objetivos de esta GPC son: Contribuir a la disminución de la prevalencia e incidencia de UPP en la población de la Comunidad Valenciana; Aumentar la calidad de los cuidados prestados a las personas con UPP, así como a aquellas con riesgo de desarrollarlas; Promover un estudio epidemiológico descr...
Úlcera por Presión/epidemiología,
Úlcera por Presión/tratamiento farmacológico,
Úlcera por Presión/diagnóstico,
Factores de Riesgo,
España/epidemiología,
Vías Clínicas/organización & administración,
Manejo del Dolor,
Antiinfecciosos Locales/uso terapéutico,
Corticoesteroides/uso terapéutico,
Analgesia,
Hipnóticos y Sedantes/uso terapéutico,
Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico
The objective of this document is to provide technical recommendations on effective interventions for the prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among sex workers and their clients. These include evidence-based recommendations following the GRADE methodology as w...
Since first publication of this guidance in 2003, a considerable amount of new data have been produced and published, relating to epidemiological, clinical, service delivery, legal and human rights aspects of providing safe abortion care. This new edition provides policy-makers, programme managers and he...
This guideline provides updated global, evidence-informed recommendations on the consumption of sodium to reduce NCDs in most adults and children. The recommendations in this guideline can be used by policy-makers, technical and programme planners in the government and various organizations involved in t...
These guidelines have been developed to support countries to relieve pain in their paediatric populations. They address persisting pain in children caused by conditions such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle-cell disease, burns, trauma, and phantom limb pain. Recommendations, developed following a careful and ...
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of mortality, morbidity and long term disability related to pregnancy and childbirth. Effective interventions to prevent and treat PPH exist and can largely reduce the burden of this life-threatening condition. Given the availability of new scientific evidenc...
The World Health Organization’s recommendations on optimizing the roles of health workers aim to help address critical health workforce shortages that slow down progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals. A more rational distribution of tasks and responsibilities among cadres of h...
In 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) published an interim policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities
in response to demand from countries for immediate guidance on actions to decrease the dual burden of
tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The term interim was used because the...
These recommendations have been developed specifically to address the daily use of antiretrovirals in HIV-uninfected people to block the acquisition of HIV infection. This prevention approach is known as pre-exposure prophylaxis. At this stage evidence is available from studies with two groups: men and t...
The guidance is the first step in the provision of comprehensive guidance on viral hepatitis surveillance, prevention and treatment by the World Health Organization. The following recommendations are based on systematic reviews of scientific evidence, community values and preferences and implementation i...