The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during pregna...
This updated recommendation is relevant to all pregnant women and adolescent girls receiving comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) in any healthcare facility or community-based setting, and to their unborn fetuses and newborns. The question was prioritized during the ANC guideline development process. In 20...
Cesareo, R;
Attanasio, R;
Caputo, M;
Castello, R;
Chiodini, I;
Falchetti, A;
Guglielmi, R;
Papini, E;
Santonati, A;
Scillitani, A;
Toscano, V;
Triggiani, V;
Vescini, F;
Zini, M.
Vitamin D deficiency is very common and prescriptions of both assay and supplementation are increasing more and more. Health expenditure is exponentially increasing, thus it is timely and appropriate to establish rules. The Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists appointed a task force to review...
This guideline covers vitamin D supplement use. It aims to prevent vitamin D deficiency among specific population groups including infants and children aged under 4, pregnant and breastfeeding women, particularly teenagers and young women, people over 65, people who have low or no exposure to the sun and...
Vranešić, Bender, D;
Giljević, Z;
Kušec, V;
Laktašic Žerjavić, N;
Bošnjak Pašic, M;
Vrdoljak, E;
Lkinas Kelećić, Dina;
Reiner, Ž;
Anić, B;
Krznarić, Ž.
It is estimated that over one billion of people around the globe have low serum values of vitamin D, therefore, we can consider vitamin D deficiency as a pandemic and public health problem. Geographic position of Croatia, especially the continental part of the country, is a risk factor for the developmen...
This guideline covers how to communicate the risks and benefits of natural sunlight exposure (specifically, the ultraviolet rays UVA and UVB) to help people understand why they may need to modify their behaviour to reduce their risk of skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency....
Munns, CF;
Shaw, N;
Kiely, M;
Specker, BL;
Thacher, TD;
Ozono, K;
Michigami, T;
Tiosano, D;
Mughal, MZ;
Mäkitie, O;
Ramos-Abad, L;
Ward, L;
DiMeglio, LA;
Atapattu, N;
Cassinelli, H;
Braegger, C;
Pettifor, JM;
Seth, A;
Idris, HW;
Bhatia, V;
Fu, J;
Goldberg, G;
Sävendahl, L;
Khadgawat, R;
Pludowski, P;
Maddock, J;
Hyppönen, E;
Oduwole, A;
Frew, E;
Aguiar, M;
Tulchinsky, T;
Butler, G;
Högler, W.
"BACKGROUND:
Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of infants, children, and adolescents; the consequences can be lethal or can last into adulthood. The goals of this evidence-bas...
Vitamin D deficiency is thought to be common among pregnant women,
particularly during the winter months, and has been found to be associated with an increased risk of
pre-eclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus, preterm birth, and other tissue-specific conditions. Recent
scientific literature has repor...
