WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B
virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly
as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among
adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...
The purpose of this document is to provide interim guidance to laboratories and stakeholders involved in laboratory testing of patients who meet the definition of suspected case of pneumonia associated with a novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China....
This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalised adult and paediatric patients with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when a nCoV infection is suspected. It is not meant to replace clinical judgment or specialist consultation but rather to strengthen clinical management of the...
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on the use of indicators for assessing a population’s iron status and application of the use of ferritin concentrations for monitoring and evaluating iron interventions. his guideline aims to help WHO Member States and their partners to ...
The political declaration at the first United Nations (UN) high-level meeting on tuberculosis (TB) held
on 26 September 2018 included commitments by Member States to four new global targets.3
One of
these targets is to diagnose and treat 40 million people with TB in the 5-year period 2018–2022. The
ap...
