Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
Tuberculosis (TB) strains with drug resistance (DR-TB) are more difficult to treat than drug-susceptible ones, and threaten global progress towards the targets set by the End TB Strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO). There is thus a critical need for evidence-based policy recommendations on the...
These guidelines present evidence-based recommendations and best practice statements on use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals, based on the WHO list of critically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO CIA List). These guidelines aim primarily to help preserve the ...
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...
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...
Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
Gonorrea/tratamiento farmacológico,
Farmacorresistencia Microbiana,
Cefixima/administración & dosificación,
Espectinomicina/administración & dosificación,
Ceftriaxona/administración & dosificación,
Gentamicinas/administración & dosificación,
Kanamicina/administración & dosificación,
Tetraciclina/administración & dosificación,
Eritromicina/administración & dosificación,
Povidona Yodada/administración & dosificación,
Nitrato de Plata/administración & dosificación,
Cloranfenicol/uso terapéutico,
Antibacterianos/administración & dosificación,
Quimioterapia Combinada
Infections are responsible for about one fifth of the world’s annual 2.7 million neonatal deaths. In South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa about one quarter of all neonatal deaths are due to infections. Many sick infants only have non-specific signs, and thus are not recognized to have infection. Even when...
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumonia” which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and “severe pneumonia” which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces oral c...