Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of the
global burden of maternal death. Women who experience peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity and long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian
tube blockage and secondary infertil...
La enfermedad por el Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) es una patología respiratoria de humanos producida por SARS-CoV-2. El 11 de marzo de 2020 la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) declaró al COVID-19 como una pandemia, y desde ese momento se han reportado en Argentina más de 3.000.000 casos confirma...
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is commonly defined as a blood loss of at least 500 mL within 24 hours after birth and affects about 5% of all women giving birth around the world. Globally, nearly one quarter of all maternal deaths are associated with PPH and, in most low-income countries, it is the main ca...
Self-care interventions are among the most promising and exciting approaches to improve health and well-being, both from a health systems perspective and for the users of these interventions. Self-care interventions hold the promise to be good for everyone and to move us closer to realizing universal hea...
WHO promotes a public health approach to programming and delivering antiretroviral therapy (ART), which has enabled access to treatment and care for people living with HIV to be scaled up in resource-limited settings.
The 2016 WHO consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating an...
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...
This guideline addresses: provision of day-care for children under the age of 6 years and provision of basic swimming skills and water safety training to children aged 6 years and older. Developed following GRADE methodology, approved by the WHO Guideline Review Committee and intended for use by policy-m...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
Direct maternal infections around the time of childbirth account for about one tenth of
the global burden of maternal death. Women who develop peripartum infections are also
prone to severe morbidity, long-term disabilities such as chronic pelvic pain, fallopian tube
blockage and secondary infertility. M...
Schools are essential for young people to acquire knowledge, socioemotional skills including selfregulation and resilience, and critical thinking skills that provide the foundation for a healthy future. Access to education and safe and supportive school environments have been linked to better health outc...
