La epilepsia es una condición neurológica caracterizada por “crisis de epilepsia” recurrentes y no provocadas por desencadenantes inmediatos identificables. La “crisis de epilepsia” es la manifestación clínica de una descarga anormal y excesiva de un grupo de neuronas cerebrales. La epilepsia...
Dans le but d’accroître le nombre d’enfants ayant accès au traitement adapté, la classification et le guide thérapeutique simplifiés de l’OMS pour la prise en charge de la pneumonie de l’enfant dans les établissements de santé de premier niveau et les services de consultation ambulatoire o...
La guía trata de temas relacionados al tratamiento de la depresión, tocando temas como: las perspectivas y experiencias de los pacientes con depresión y sus familiares; evaluación y cribado de la depresión; los modelos de atención; tratamiento psicoterapéutico, tratamiento farmacológico; estrateg...
For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...
Épidémies de maladies,
Méningite bactérienne/prévention et contrôle,
Méningite bactérienne/traitement médicamenteux,
Afrique subsaharienne/épidémiologie,
Méningite bactérienne/diagnostic,
Méningite bactérienne/épidémiologie,
Vaccins antiméningococciques/administration et posologie,
Antibioprophylaxie/méthodes,
Vaccins anti-Haemophilus/administration et posologie,
Trousses de réactifs pour diagnostic,
Prévalence,
Incidence,
Traçage des contacts
The aim of this guidance is to provide the interim principles that should guide the use of delamanid in conjunction with WHO-recommended MDR-TB treatment. It also specifies the essential treatment and management conditions for use of this drug, in particular the patient's eligibility criteria and safety ...
This Guideline outlines the purpose and the target audience of the second edition of Guidance for national tuberculosis programmes on the management of tuberculosis in children. It discusses the difference between TB in children and adolescents and TB in adults and provides an estimate of the burden of c...
Skin and mucosal conditions are extremely common in all children and adults in particular in HIV-infected adults and children and are one of the commonest daily management problems faced by health care workers caring for patients with HIV infection. As the CD4 count declines below 200 cells/mm3, the prev...
The revised guidelines present two major changes to existing guidelines: (A) there are now just 2 categories of pneumonia instead of 3 (“pneumonia” which is treated at home with oral amoxicillin and “severe pneumonia” which requires injectable antibiotics) and (B) oral amoxicillin replaces oral c...
El objetivo principal de esta guía es ayudar a los profesionales sanitarios, a niños y niñas con asma y a sus padres y/o cuidadores a controlar de la forma más adecuada de pacientes pediátricos con asma y dotarles de las herramientas apropiadas de abordaje y tratamiento de esta patología, así como...
An estimated 69 000 people die each year from opioid overdose. Opioid overdose is easily reversed with the opioid antidote naloxone and with basic life support. Such care is generally only available in medical settings, however. These guidelines recommend that people who are likely to witness an opioid o...
