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    COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19. Last updated: 14 July 2022

    This guideline covers the management of COVID-19 for children, young people and adults in all care settings. It brings together our existing recommendations on managing COVID-19, and new recommendations on therapeutics, so that healthcare staff and those planning and delivering services can find and use ...

    COVID-19 rapid guideline: vitamin D

    This guideline covers vitamin D use in the context of COVID‑19. It is for adults, young people and children in hospitals and community settings. Vitamin D is important for bone and muscle health. It may also have a role in the body's immune response to respiratory viruses. On 14 July 2022, we removed t...

    Pneumonia in adults: diagnosis and management

    This guideline was developed before the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers diagnosing and managing pneumonia in adults who do not have COVID-19. It aims to improve accurate assessment and diagnosis of pneumonia to help guide antibiotic prescribing and ensure that people receive the right treatment. July 2022:...

    Directrices para el tratamiento de las leishmaniasis en la región de las américas - 2 ed

    Las leishmaniasis son enfermedades infecciosas desatendidas de gran importancia en la Región de las Américas debido a su morbilidad, mortalidad y amplia distribución geográfica. De las tres formas clínicas principales, la cutánea es la más común y la visceral es la forma más grave, ya que puede ...

    Grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE): Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months–5 years

    A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 6 months­-­­5 years was presented to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 18,...

    Grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE): Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months-4 Years

    Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 6 months­–­­4 years was presented to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) on ...

    Guidelines for diagnosing, preventing and managing cryptococcal disease among adults, adolescents and children living with HIV

    Cryptococcal disease is one of the most common opportunistic infections among people living with advanced HIV disease and is a major contributor to severe illness, morbidity, and mortality, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. These guidelines update the recommendations that were first released in 2018 ...

    The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine’s local reactions, systemic reactions, adverse events, and serious adverse events

    Local reactions were reported by the majority of vaccine recipients and at higher rates than placebo recipients. Vaccine recipients reported higher rates of local reactions after dose 2 than dose 1. The frequency of local reactions was higher in the older age group (ages 2 to 5 years) than the younger ag...

    Reducing sexually transmitted infections

    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....

    WHO guideline for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV co-infected patients in East Africa and South-East Asia 

    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...