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...
In 2003 WHO published "Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health", known as the IFC Framework, that promotes integrating the health promotion approach set out in the Ottawa Charter into national maternal and newborn health strategies. More than 10 years aft...
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...
Mortensen, K;
Nilsson, M;
Slim, K;
Schäfer, M;
Mariette, C;
Braga, M;
Carli, F;
Demartines, N;
Griffin, SM;
Lassen, K.
"BACKGROUND:
Application of evidence-based perioperative care protocols reduces complication rates, accelerates recovery and shortens hospital stay. Presently, there are no comprehensive guidelines for perioperative care for gastrectomy.
METHODS:
An international working group within the Enhanced Recove...
Anticoagulantes,
Catárticos,
Consumo de Bebidas Alcohólicas,
Analgesia Epidural,
Profilaxis Antibiótica,
Consejo,
Descompresión Quirúrgica,
Suplementos Dietéticos,
Drenaje,
Gastrectomía,
Trastornos del Metabolismo de la Glucosa,
Hipotermia,
Bloqueo Nervioso,
Apoyo Nutricional,
Cuidados Posoperatorios,
Complicaciones Posoperatorias,
Náusea y Vómito Posoperatorios,
Cuidados Preoperatorios,
Prevención del Hábito de Fumar,
Desequilibrio Hidroelectrolítico,
Anticoagulantes/uso terapéutico,
Desequilibrio Hidroelectrolítico/prevención & control,
Reposo en Cama,
Catárticos/uso terapéutico
Adolescents (10–19 years) and young people (20–24 years) continue to be vulnerable, both socially and economically, to HIV infection despite efforts to date. This is particularly true for adolescents — especially girls — who live in settings with a generalized HIV epidemic or who are members of k...
This WHO guidelines recommend offering HIV testing and counselling to couples, wherever HIV testing and counselling is available, including in antenatal clinics. For couples where only one partner is HIV positive, the guidelines recommend offering antiretroviral therapy to the HIV positive partner, regar...
As the HIV/AIDS epidemic imposes an ever-larger burden globally, surveillance for HIV becomes more critical in order to understand the trends of the epidemic and make sound decisions on how best to respond to it. These guidelines suggest methods for selecting, evaluating and implementing HIV testing tech...
This Policy Statement examines the role of HIV testing and counselling in health facilities in increasing access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services for refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other persons of concern to UNHCR....
This document recommends a proactive approach to HIV testing and counselling by care providers in these settings. Offers basic operational guidance on HIV testing and counselling in settings attended by people who inject drugs (PWID)....
