The primary audience for these recommendations includes health professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care guidelines and protocols and health workers involved in the provision of care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, labour and childbirth; this includes m...
This guideline was developed by maternity care providers from obstetrics and internal medicine. It reviews the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs), the prediction and prevention of preeclampsia, and the postpartum care of women with a previous HDP. Impl...
Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use,
Pre-Eclampsia/prevention & control,
Eclampsia/prevention & control,
Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory,
Maternal Health Services,
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced/diagnosis,
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced/prevention & control,
Pregnancy Complications,
Pregnancy
Nguyen, GC;
Seow, CH;
Maxwell, C;
Huang, V;
Leung, Y;
Jones, J;
Leontiadis, GI;
Tse, F;
Mahadevan, U;
van der Woude, CJ.
"BACKGROUND & AIMS:
The management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) poses a particular challenge during pregnancy because the health of both the mother and the fetus must be considered.
METHODS:
A systematic literature search identified studies on the management of IBD during pregnancy. The quality o...
Immunosuppressive Agents/administration & dosage,
Colitis, Ulcerative,
Crohn Disease,
Drug Substitution,
Gastroenterology,
Maternal Health Services,
Preconception Care,
Pregnancy Complications,
Risk Assessment,
Risk Factors,
Treatment Outcome,
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases,
Crohn Disease/diagnosis,
Crohn Disease/therapy,
Pregnancy Complications/diagnosis,
Pregnancy Complications/therapy,
Immunosuppressive Agents/adverse effects,
Colitis, Ulcerative/diagnosis,
Colitis, Ulcerative/therapy
In 2003 WHO published "Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health", known as the IFC Framework, that promotes integrating the health promotion approach set out in the Ottawa Charter into national maternal and newborn health strategies. More than 10 years aft...
This guideline covers helping people to stop smoking in acute, maternity and mental health services. It promotes smokefree policies and services and recommends effective ways to help people stop smoking or to abstain from smoking while using or working in secondary care settings....
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are an important cause of severe morbidity, longterm disability and death among both mothers and their babies. In Africa and Asia, nearly one tenth of all maternal deaths are associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, whereas one quarter of maternal deaths in...
Since the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched by UNICEF and WHO in
1991-1992, the Initiative has grown, with more than 20,000 hospitals having been designated
in 156 countries around the world over the last 15 years. During this time, a number of
regional meetings offered guidance and p...
This Model Chapter brings together essential knowledge about infant and young child feeding that health professionals should acquire as part of their basic education. It focuses on nutritional needs and feeding practices in children less than two years of age – the most critical period for child nutrit...
