In 2021, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) for the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized updating the then current recommendations on the use of antenatal corticosteroids as published in the WHO recommendations on interventions to improve pre...
The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during pregna...
This updated recommendation is relevant to all pregnant women and adolescent girls receiving comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) in any healthcare facility or community-based setting, and to their unborn fetuses and newborns. The question was prioritized during the ANC guideline development process. In 20...
This guideline covers the care that healthy women and their babies should be offered during pregnancy. It aims to ensure that pregnant women are offered regular check-ups, information and support....
Este documento abarca temas de prevención y tratamiento de preeclampsia y eclampsia....
Endorsed, by the UN Secretary-General, this is a comprehensive WHO guideline on routine ANC for pregnant women and adolescent girls. It aims to complement existing WHO guidelines on the management of specific pregnancy-related complications. The guidance aims to capture the complex nature of the issues s...
The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care 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 di...
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...
Beltrán Calvo, Carmen;
Martín López, Juliana Ester;
Solà Arnau, Ivan;
Aceituno Velasco, Longinos;
Alomar Castell, Margalida;
Barona Vilar, Carmen;
Corona Páez, Isabel;
Costa Sampere, Dolors;
Fillol Crespo, Manuel;
Espiga López, Isabel;
García Carrascosa, Laura;
Martín Seco, Yolanda;
Martínez Romero, María Dolores;
Elisabeth Müller, Angela;
Olza Fernandez, Ibone;
Parra Casado, Marta;
Quintana Pantaleón, Rosario;
Tejero Lainez, Carmen;
Torrejón Cardoso, Rafael;
Velasco Juez, Casilda.
El objetivo de esta guía es establecer un conjunto de recomendaciones basadas en la evidencia científica de mayor calidad disponible para mejorar la salud de las mujeres embarazadas y puérperas, así como la salud de los y las recién nacidos....
Over 1000 new cases of mother-to-child transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occur worldwide every day, making this the main route of transmission of HIV infection in children. Vitamin A deficiency affects about 19 million pregnant women, mostly from the WHO regions of Africa and South-E...
