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    Diagnostic testing for the monkeypox virus (MPXV): interim guidance

    This document provides interim guidance for clinicians, laboratories, health workers, public health officials and other stakeholders involved in the diagnosis and care of patients with suspected or confirmed mpox. This is an updated version of the interim guidance on Laboratory testing for the monkeypox ...

    Infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease

    Ebola and Marburg disease outbreaks remain important public health threats. The newly published WHO Infection prevention and control guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease contains the Organization's most up to date recommendations for IPC measures to be implemented in all health facilities when caring ...

    Guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age

    Complementary feeding, defined as the process of providing foods in addition to milk when breast milk or milk formula alone are no longer adequate to meet nutritional requirements, generally starts at age 6 months and continues until 23 months of age, although breastfeeding may continue beyond this perio...

    WHO guideline on the prevention and management of wasting and nutritional oedema (‎acute malnutrition)‎ in infants and children under 5 years

    Over 45.4 million infants and children under 5 years of age experience wasting each year. The risk of wasting and nutritional oedema in infants and children, particularly in high-risk contexts where health and socioeconomic indicators are at their poorest, is heightened by ongoing crises including climat...

    WHO recommendations on induction of labour, at or beyond term

    The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes m...

    WHO recommendations on mechanical methods for induction of labour

    The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes m...

    WHO recommendation on tocolytic therapy for improving preterm birth outcomes

    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 tocolysis as published in the WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outco...

    WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes

    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...

    Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline - 16 September 2022

    The WHO Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the use of therapeutics in the treatment of COVID-19. The latest version of this living guideline is available in pdf format (via the ‘Download’ button) and via an online platform, an...

    Clinical management of COVID-19: living guideline - 15 September 2022

    The WHO COVID-19 Clinical management: living guidance contains the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for the clinical management of people with COVID-19. Providing guidance that is comprehensive and holistic for the optimal care of COVID-19 patients throughout their entire illness is impor...