This guideline covers the initial assessment of symptoms and signs that might indicate a neurological condition. It helps non-specialist healthcare professionals to identify people who should be offered referral for specialist investigation. This guideline includes recommendations for: people aged 16 and...
Oligo‐astheno‐teratozoospermia is frequently reported in men from infertile couples. Its etiology remains, in the majority of cases, unknown with a variety of factors to contribute to its pathogenesis. The aim of this European Academy of Andrology guideline was to provide an overview of these factors...
This guideline examines the evidence and makes recommendations and remarks on the implementation of some of the details of breastfeeding counselling, such as frequency, timing, mode and provider of breastfeeding counselling, to improve breastfeeding practices. The objective of this guideline is to provid...
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are an
important cause of severe morbidity, long-term
disability and death among both pregnant women
and their babies, and account for approximately
14% of all maternal deaths worldwide. Improving
care for women around the time of childbirth is
a necessary step towards...
The Department of Reproductive Health and Research of the World Health Organization
gratefully acknowledges the contributions of many individuals and organizations to
the updating of these recommendations. Work on this update was coordinated by
Olufemi Oladapo, Joshua Vogel and A. Metin Gülmezoglu of th...
Medical abortion care encompasses the management of various clinical conditions including spontaneous and induced abortion (both viable and non-viable pregnancies), incomplete abortion and intrauterine fetal demise, as well as post-abortion contraception. Medical management of abortion generally involves...
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...