According to WHO data, 71 million people worldwide were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2015, corresponding to a prevalence of 1%. 399,000 people die annually from complications of liver cirrhosis, including hepatocellular carcinoma.
This KDP answers the following clinical questions:
Diagnos...
Según estimaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), en el
2015 257 millones de personas en el mundo tenían la infección crónica por el
virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) y 900 000 fallecieron a causa de ella, en la mayor
parte de los casos de cirrosis o carcinoma hepatocelular. La mayoría d...
The primary audience for this guideline is national HIV programme managers, people living
with HIV, health-care providers and policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries. This
guideline update will be a useful resource for clinicians and should help to shape the priorities
of policy-makers in devel...
In 2018, the World Health Assembly, through resolution WHA71.9 on infant and young child feeding, affirmed that “the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding contributes substantially to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals on nutrition and health and is a core element of qual...