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    Guideline: daily iron supplementation in adult women and adolescent girls

    This guideline provides a global, evidence-informed recommendation on daily iron supplementation in menstruating adult women and adolescents, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of anaemia and iron deficiency. The guideline aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to ...

    WHO guidelines for the treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis

    Rationale for the guidelines: Since the publication of the WHO Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections in 2003, changes in the epidemiology of STIs and advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment necessitate changes in STI management. These guidelines provide updated trea...

    WHO guidelines for the treatment of genital herpes simplex virus

    Rationale for the guidelines: Since the publication of the World Health Organization (WHO) Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections in 2003, changes in the epidemiology of STIs and advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment necessitate changes in STI management. These gui...

    WHO guidelines for the treatment of Treponema pallidum (syphilis)

    Rationale for the guidelines: Since the publication of the WHO Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections in 2003, changes in the epidemiology of STIs and advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment necessitate changes in STI management. These guidelines provide updated trea...

    Guía de práctica clínica sobre tratamiento de la insuficiencia cardiaca crónica

    El objetivo general de la Guía de Práctica Clínica es proporcionar a los agentes encargados de la asistencia y cuidados de este tipo de pacientes, una herramienta que les permita tomar las mejores decisiones sobre algunos de los problemas que ocasionan su atención y que no han sido resueltos. Esta Gu...

    WHO guidelines for the treatment of neisseria gonorrhoeae

    Rationale for the guidelines: Since the publication of the WHO Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections in 2003, changes in the epidemiology of STIs and advancements in prevention, diagnosis and treatment necessitate changes in STI management. There is an urgent need to update tre...

    Guideline: updates on paediatric emergency triage, assessment and treatment: care of critically-ill children

    Children admitted to hospital often die within 24 hours of admission. Many of these deaths could be prevented if very sick children are identified soon after their arrival in the health facility, and treatment is started immediately. This can be facilitated by rapid triage for all children presenting to ...

    Updates on HIV and infant feeding: the duration of breastfeeding and support from health services to improve feeding practices among mothers living with HIV

    WHO guidelines on HIV and Infant Feeding in 2010 for the first time recommended the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent postnatal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. This resulted in a major change from an individualised counselling approach toward a public health approach regarding how materna...

    Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with chronic hepatitis C infection

    The field of HCV therapeutics continues to evolve rapidly and, since the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its first Guidelines for the screening, care and treatment of persons with hepatitis C infection in 2014, several new medicines have been approved by at least one stringent regulatory authority...

    Consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection: recommendations for a public health approach

    These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection and the care of people living with HIV. They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and car...