Hembree, W. C;
Cohen-Kettenis, P. T;
Gooren, L;
Hannema, S. E;
Meyer, W. J;
Murad, M. H;
Rosenthal, S. M;
Safer, J. D;
Tangpricha, V;
T'Sjoen, G. G.
OBJECTIVE: To update the "Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline," published by the Endocrine Society in 2009. PARTICIPANTS: The participants include an Endocrine Society-appointed task force of nine experts, a methodologist, and a medical writer. ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) convened a technical consultation during 1–2 December 2016 to review new evidence on the risk of HIV acquisition with the use of hormonal contraception. The issue was recognized as a critical one, particularly for sub-Saharan Africa, where women have a high lifetime ...
The AA-HA! guidance aims to assist governments in deciding what they plan to do – and how they plan to do it – as they respond to the health needs of adolescents in their countries. It is intended as a reference document for national-level policy-makers and programme managers to assist them in planni...
Al-Mandeel, H. M;
Sagr, E;
Sait, K;
Latifah, H. M;
Al-Obaid, A;
Al-Badawi, I. A;
Alkushi, A. O;
Salem, H;
Massoudi, N. S;
Schunemann, H;
Mustafa, R. A;
Brignardello-Petersen, R.
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the third most common gynecological malignancy in Saudi women with an estimated incidence rate of 1.9 cases per 100 000 women-years. More than 40% of cervical cancer cases are diagnosed at advanced stages due to lack of a routine screening program in Saudi Arabia. Thus, nat...
This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Specifically, it is one of two evidence-based cornerstones (guidance documents) of the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) initiative to develop and implement family planning guidelines for national programmes....
The Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services bring together existing guidance relevant to the provision of HIV testing services (HTS) and addresses issues and elements for effective delivery of HTS that are common in a variety of settings, contexts and diverse populations. In addition, this docume...
This document is part of the process for improving the quality of care in family planning. Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (MEC), the first edition of which was published in 1996, presents current WHO guidance on the safety of various contraceptive methods for use in the context of spe...
Planned and regulated task shifting and task sharing can have a range of benefits. It can ensure a rational optimization of the available health workforce, address health system shortages of specialized health-care professionals, improve equity in access to health care and increase the acceptability of h...
Sexual health is gaining more and more attention from public health practitioners and
health service providers because of its contribution towards overall health and well-being
in both adults and adolescents. Health risks arising from unsafe sexual practices and
sexuality-related human rights abuses such...
La guía hace recomendaciones para todos los niveles de atención en el Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud colombiano. Hace referencia a las acciones de detección temprana, manejo inicial de la sífilis gestacional, como también acciones de prevención de la reinfección, seguimiento y refere...
