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...
To establish national standards of care for screening and counselling pregnant women and women of child-bearing age about alcohol consumption and possible alcohol use disorder based on current best evidence. Health care providers who care for pregnant women and women of child-bearing age. Pregnant women ...
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
A paucity of scientific evidence exists on how to best treat pregnant or breastfeeding women with suspected or confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD). Historical reports suggest that, among women who acquire EVD during pregnancy, there is increased mortality and morbidity, and a near 100% rate of adverse pr...
Breast Feeding,
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/prevention & control,
Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola/transmission,
Maternal and Child Health,
Milk, Human/virology,
Ebola Vaccines/therapeutic use,
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently experiencing the second largest Ebola
outbreak in history, following a 2014-2016 outbreak in western Africa that had an estimated 28,000 cases. Investigational treatment and vaccination trials are ongoing, but data in the context of pregnancy and breastfeedin...
The World Health Organization’s comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) guideline WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience was first published in 2016 with the objective of improving the quality of routine health care that all women and adolescent girls receive during pregna...
This updated recommendation is relevant to all pregnant women and adolescent girls receiving comprehensive antenatal care (ANC) in any healthcare facility or community-based setting, and to their unborn fetuses and newborns. The question was prioritized during the ANC guideline development process. In 20...
This guideline covers diagnosing and managing hypertension (high blood pressure), including preeclampsia, during pregnancy, labour and birth. It also includes advice for women with hypertension
who wish to conceive and women who have had a pregnancy complicated by hypertension. It aims
to improve care du...
This guideline covers care during labour and birth for women who need extra support because they
have a medical condition or complications in their current or previous pregnancy. The guideline also
covers women who have had no antenatal care. It aims to improve experiences and outcomes for
women and thei...
A home-based record is a health document used to record the history of health services received by an individual. It is kept in the household, in either paper or electronic format, by the individual or their caregiver and is intended to be integrated into the health information system and complement reco...
