Injections are one of the most common health care procedures. Every year at least 16 billion injections are administered worldwide. The vast majority around 90% are given in curative care. Immunization injections account for around 5% of all injections, with the remaining covering other indications, incl...
The specific objectives were to evaluate the harms to benefits ratio of delamanid in combination with the currently recommended MDR-TB treatment regimen in children. Based on this evaluation, to develop recommendations on the use of delamanid as part of WHO-recommended longer MDR-TB treatment regimens, a...
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a large-scale public health problem. Key global priorities for TB care and control include improving case-detection and detecting patients earlier, particularly patients with smear-negative TB disease. This document provides a pragmatic summary of the evidence and recommendation...
Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes; the same mosquito also transmits other vector-borne diseases – dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. Purpose of the guideline The purpose of this guideline is to provide a recommendation to guide governments, ministries of health, po...
Ballarín Castán, José Aurelio;
García López, Fernando;
Ibeas López, José;
Juárez Vela, Raúl;
Ortega Marlasca, Manuel María;
Pequeño Saco, Sandra;
Pérez Contreras, Francisco Javier;
Pérez Maraver, Manuel;
Rigau Comas, David;
Ruiz Hidalgo, Domingo;
anabria Uribe, Andrea Juliana;
Saracho Rotaeche, Ramón.
Objetivos: Esta GPC sobre Enfermedad Renal Crónica (ERC) responde a preguntas clínicas concernientes a su detección precoz, derivación a atención especializada y manejo, tanto mediante tratamiento farmacológico como con medidas higiénico dietéticas, estilos de vida e intervenciones educativas. As...
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/diagnóstico,
Insuficiencia Renal Crónica/terapia,
Ultrasonografía/métodos,
Inhibidores de la Enzima Convertidora de Angiotensina/uso terapéutico,
Antihipertensivos/uso terapéutico,
Inhibidores de Hidroximetilglutaril-CoA Reductasas/uso terapéutico,
Enfoque GRADE,
Estilo de Vida,
Dieta Hiposódica,
Dieta con Restricción de Proteínas,
Antagonistas de Receptores de Angiotensina/uso terapéutico
In November 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a meeting of a Guideline Development Group (GDG) for the update of policy recommendations on the treatment of drug-resistant TB. The GDG was composed of a multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant TB experts external to ...
This Rapid Advice Guideline updates the Interim Guidance on the “Assessment of infants with microcephaly in the context of Zika virus” published in February 2016 (WHO/ZIKV/MOC/16.3). The recommendations provides guidance on the screening, clinical assessment, neuroimaging, laboratory investigation an...
Following the publication of Guidelines on certification of elimination of human onchocerciasis in 2001 by the World Health Organization (WHO), these are the first evidence-based guidelines developed by NTD Department according to the international standards. They provide a set of recommendations that wo...
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on daily iron supplementation in infants and children, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of anaemia and iron deficiency. It includes recommendations for iron supplementation in countries where malaria is prevalent. The gui...
This guideline provides a global, evidence-informed recommendation on daily iron supplementation in menstruating adult women and adolescents, as a public-health intervention for the prevention of anaemia and iron deficiency. The guideline aims to help Member States and their partners in their efforts to ...
