Chawla, Deepak;
Chirla, Dinesh;
Dalwai, Samir;
deorari, Ashok K;
Ganatra, Atul;
Gandhi, Alpesh;
Kabra, Nandkishor S;
Kumar, Praveen;
Mittal, Pratima;
Parekh, Bakul Jayant;
Sankar, M Jeeva;
Singhal, Tanu;
Sivanandan, Sindhu;
Tank, Parikshit.
During the current rapidly evolving pandemic of COVID-19 infection, pregnant women with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and their newborn infants form a special vulnerable group that needs immediate attention. Unlike other elective medical and surgical problems for which care can be deferred during the p...
Betacoronavirus,
Coronavirus Infections/complications,
Coronavirus Infections/embryology,
Pneumonia, Viral/complications,
Pneumonia, Viral/embryology,
Maternal and Child Health,
Perinatal Care/organization & administration,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control
Zika virus is an arthropod-borne flavivirus, which is transmitted primarily by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, but can also be transmitted through sexual intercourse. The overall goal of these guidelines is to provide guidance and evidence-based recommendations about the prevention of sexual transmission ...
This Rapid Advice Guideline updates the Interim Guidance on the “Assessment of infants with microcephaly in the context of Zika virus” published in February 2016 (WHO/ZIKV/MOC/16.3). The recommendations provides guidance on the screening, clinical assessment, neuroimaging, laboratory investigation an...
The primary audience for this guideline is health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal and child health programmes and policy-makers in all settings. The guideline will also be useful to those directly providing...
