This guideline covers interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in people aged 16 and over. It aims to reduce the transmission of all STIs, including HIV, and includes ways to help increase the uptake of STI testing and vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis A and B....
The leishmaniases are a group of diseases caused by Leishmania spp., which occur in cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral forms. They are neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which disproportionately affect marginalized populations who have limited access to health care. HIV co-infected patients with Leis...
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has led to a global pandemic with substantial societal and economic impacts on individual persons and communities. In the United States, more than 82 million cases and more than 998,000 COVID-19-associated deaths have...
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has led to a global pandemic with substantial societal and economic impacts on individual persons and communities. In the United States, more than 80 million cases and more than 986,000 COVID-19-associated deaths have...
This guideline aims to increase the uptake of all vaccines provided on the NHS routine UK immunisation schedule by everyone who is eligible. It supports the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan, which includes actions to improve immunisation coverage by GPs (including the changes to vaccinations and immunisati...
Oliver, Sara E;
Wallace, Megan;
See, Isaac;
Mbaeyi, Sarah;
Godfrey, Monica;
Hadler, Stephen C;
Jatlaoui, Tara C;
Twentyman, Evelyn;
Hughes, Michelle M;
Rao, Agam K;
Fiore, Anthony;
Su, John R;
Broder, Karen R;
Shimabukuro, Tom;
Lale, Allison;
Shay, David K;
Markowitz, Lauri E;
Wharton, Melinda;
Bell, Beth P;
Brooks, Oliver;
McNally, Veronica;
Lee, Grace M;
Talbot, H. Keipp;
Daley, Matthew F.
On February 27, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the adenovirus-vectored COVID-19 vaccine (Janssen Biotech, Inc., a Janssen Pharmaceutical company, Johnson & Johnson), and on February 28, 2021, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (A...
This guideline sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for acute otitis media (ear infection). It aims to limit antibiotic use and reduce antimicrobial resistance. Acute otitis media can be caused by viruses or bacteria. It lasts for about a week, and most children get better in 3 days without ant...
Otitis Media/tratamiento farmacológico,
Antiinfecciosos/uso terapéutico,
Prescripciones de Medicamentos/normas,
Farmacorresistencia Microbiana,
Cefalosporinas/uso terapéutico,
Acetaminofén/uso terapéutico,
Ibuprofeno/uso terapéutico,
Analgésicos no Narcóticos/uso terapéutico,
Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico,
Tabaquismo/complicaciones,
Placebos/uso terapéutico,
Farmacorresistencia Bacteriana/efectos de los fármacos,
Sobreinfección/prevención & control,
Amoxicilina/uso terapéutico
This WHO and HRP guideline is designed to help countries make faster progress, more equitably, on the screening and treatment of cervical cancer. This document includes guidance on an important additional option for cervical screening, the use of mRNA (messenger RNA) HPV testing. This gives countries a...
Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is a critical component to the overall prevention and control strategy for COVID-19. Countries should have a national testing strategy in place with clear objectives that can be adapted according to changes in the epidemiological situation, available resources and tools,...
These guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of HIV infection, the care of people living
with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection.
They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care.
This edition updates the 201...
