This guideline covers interventions to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in people aged 16 and over. It aims to reduce the transmission of all STIs, including HIV, and includes ways to help increase the uptake of STI testing and vaccines for human papillomavirus (HPV) and hepatitis A and B....
The consolidated WHO Guidelines for malaria present all of the
current WHO recommendations for malaria. These are the product
of careful evaluation following standardized methods as part of the
WHO normative processes [1]. WHO uses strictly defined
processes to assess the quality, consistency and complet...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, despite being largely curable and preventable. In 2019 an estimated 2.9 million of the 10 million people who fell ill with TB were not diagnosed or reported to the World Health Organization. The Political Declaration adopted by...
Andrade, J. G;
Aguilar, M;
Atzema, C;
Bell, A;
Cairns, J. A;
Cheung, C. C;
Cox, JL;
Dorian, P;
Gladstone, D. J;
Healey, J. S;
Khairy, P;
Leblanc, K;
McMurtry, M. S;
Mitchell, L. B;
Nair, G. M;
Nattel, S;
Parkash, R;
Pilote, L;
Sandhu, R. K;
Sarrazin, J. F;
Sharma, M;
Skanes, A. C;
Talajic, M;
Tsang, T. S. M;
Verma, A;
Verma, S;
Whitlock, R;
Wyse, D. G;
Macle, L.
The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines program was developed to aid clinicians in the management of these complex patients, as well as to provide direction to policy makers and health care systems regarding related issues. The most recent comprehensive CCS AF guidel...
Atrial Fibrillation/diagnosis,
Atrial Fibrillation/therapy,
Atrial Fibrillation/epidemiology,
Atrial Fibrillation/classification,
Risk Factors,
Stroke/prevention & control,
Atrial Fibrillation/physiopathology,
Sex Factors,
Risk Groups,
Algorithms,
Critical Pathways
A potentially severe acute respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).[1] The clinical presentation is generally that of a respiratory infection
with a symptom severity ranging from a mild common cold-like illness, to a severe viral ...
Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity,
Coronavirus Infections/diagnostic imaging,
Coronavirus Infections/complications,
Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy,
Pneumonia, Viral/diagnostic imaging,
Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy,
Pneumonia, Viral/complications,
Pandemics/statistics & numerical data,
Symptom Flare Up,
Risk Groups,
China/epidemiology,
Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia/diagnosis,
Health Personnel/organization & administration,
Carrier State/transmission,
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/prevention & control
This guideline covers indoor air quality in residential buildings. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of good air quality in people's homes and how to achieve this....
La finalidad de esta guía es establecer un referente nacional para orientar la toma de decisiones clínicas basadas en recomendaciones sustentadas en la mejor evidencia disponible. Esta guía pone a disposición del personal del primer, segundo y tercer nivel de atención las recomendaciones basadas en ...
Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca del
manejo clínico de las personas con infección crónica por virus de Hepatitis C, relevando los grupos
de mayor riesgo y contribuyendo a una mejor gestión de los recursos....
This guideline covers how to identify adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. It aims to remind practitioners that age is no barrier to being at high risk of, or developing, the condition. It also aims to help them provide those at high risk with an effective and appropriate intensive lifestyle-change pr...
This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on preventive chemotherapy (deworming), as a public health intervention in areas endemic for soil-transmitted helminths, to decrease the worm burden of soil-transmitted helminth infections in children, adolescent girls, women of reproducti...