El objetivo fundamental de esta GPC es mejorar la salud y la calidad de vida de las personas afectadas por quemaduras, proporcionando recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible; Reducir la variabilidad y la incertidumbre en la practica clínica en el abordaje de las quemaduras; Promover la ...
Intersecting epidemics Tuberculosis (TB) remains a considerable global public health concern, mainly affecting poor and vulnerable populations. Every year, more than 9 million people fall ill with this infectious disease, and close to 2 million die from it. Diabetes, a chronic metabolic disease that is i...
Neonatal seizures represent one of the most frequent neurological events in newborn infants, often reflecting a variety of different pre-, peri-, or postnatal disorders of the central nervous system (CNS). These guidelines are intended to be of use for neonatologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatrician...
Seizures/diagnosis,
Seizures/therapy,
Seizures/prevention & control,
Infant, Newborn, Diseases,
Seizures,
Infant, Newborn, Diseases/diagnosis,
Infant, Newborn, Diseases/prevention & control,
Infant, Newborn, Diseases/therapy
Since the beginning of the epidemic in the early 1980s, men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people have been disproportionately affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The risk for infection remains high among them; and there has been a resurgence of HIV infection among MSM, parti...
About 16 million adolescent girls between 15 and 19 years of age give birth each year. Babies born to adolescent mothers account for roughly 11% of all births worldwide, with 95% occurring in developing countries. For some of these young women, pregnancy and childbirth are planned and wanted, but for ma...
Women of reproductive age are at increased risk of anaemia because of chronic iron depletion during the menstrual cycle. It is estimated that worldwide there are 469 million anaemic women of reproductive age. At least half of the cases are attributed to iron deficiency. This guideline provides global, ev...
Infants and young children have increased vitamin A requirements to support rapid growth and to help combat infections. Member States have requested guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) on the effects and safety of vitamin A supplementation in the neonatal period (first 28 days of life) as a...
This guideline covers the care and treatment of people aged 18 and over with generalised anxiety disorder (chronic anxiety) or panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia or panic attacks). It aims to help people achieve complete relief of symptoms (remission), which is associated with better functioning...
Increasing access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed the prognosis of HIVinfected patients in resource-limited settings (RLS). However, treatment coverage remains relatively low, and HIV diagnosis occurs at a late stage. As a result, many patients continue to die of HIV-related opportunistic...
Cryptococcosis/diagnosis,
Flucytosine/administration & dosage,
Antifungal Agents/administration & dosage,
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/microbiology,
Fluconazole/administration & dosage,
Amphotericin B/administration & dosage,
Cryptococcosis,
Cryptococcosis/drug therapy,
Cryptococcosis/prevention & control,
Meningitis, Cryptococcal/drug therapy,
Drug Therapy, Combination
Vitamin A deficiency affects about 19 million pregnant women and 190 million preschool-age children, mostly from the World Health Organization (WHO) regions of Africa and South-East Asia. Infants and children have increased vitamin A requirements to support rapid growth and to help them combat infections...
