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    Guideline No. 450: care of pregnant women living with HIV and interventions to reduce perinatal transmission

    J. obstet. gynaecol. Can; 46 (6), 2024
    This guideline provides an update on the care of pregnant women living with HIV and the prevention of perinatal HIV transmission. This guideline is a revision of the previous guideline, No. 310 Guidelines for the Care of Pregnant Women Living With HIV and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal Transmission, a...

    Updated recommendations for the treatment of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Treponema pallidum (‎syphilis)‎ and new recommendations on syphilis testing and partner services

    These guidelines are intended for policy-makers, programme managers, health workers and any other public health professionals responsible for planning or implementing STI services (stand-alone or integrated with other health services). These guidelines will also be a resource for donor and development ag...

    CDC recommendations for hepatitis C testing among perinatally exposed infants and children: United States, 2023

    MMWR recomm. rep; 72 (4), 2023
    The elimination of hepatitis C is a national priority (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/Viral-Hepatitis-NationalStrategic-Plan-2021-2025.pdf). During 2010–2021, hepatitis C virus (HCV) acute and chronic infections (hereinafter referred to as HCV infections) increased in the United States, conseq...

    Prevención de la transmisión maternoinfantil del virus de la hepatitis B. directrices sobre la profilaxis con antivirales en el embarazo

    Según estimaciones de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), en el 2015 257 millones de personas en el mundo tenían la infección crónica por el virus de la hepatitis B (VHB) y 900 000 fallecieron a causa de ella, en la mayor parte de los casos de cirrosis o carcinoma hepatocelular. La mayoría d...

    Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoringand monitoring: March 2021

    The primary audience for this guideline is national HIV programme managers, people living with HIV, health-care providers and policy-makers in low- and middle-income countries. This guideline update will be a useful resource for clinicians and should help to shape the priorities of policy-makers in devel...

    Guideline: infant feeding in areas of Zika virus transmission - 2 ed

    In 2018, the World Health Assembly, through resolution WHA71.9 on infant and young child feeding, affirmed that “the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding contributes substantially to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals on nutrition and health and is a core element of qual...

    Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): The right clinical information, right where it's needed

    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 ...

    Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus: guidelines on antiviral prophylaxis in pregnancy

    WHO estimates that in 2015, 257 million people were living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection worldwide, and that 900 000 had died from HBV infection, mostly as a result of cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma. Most HBV-associated deaths among adults are secondary to infections acquired at b...

    Guidelines for the management of pregnant and breastfeeding women in the context of Ebola virus disease

    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...

    Síndrome de la inmunodeficiencia adquirida VIH/SIDA pediátrico

    Generar recomendaciones basadas en la mejor evidencia disponible acerca de la prevención y tratamiento de la infección por VIH en niños expuestos al VIH y niños con VIH/SIDA. Entregar recomendaciones para el manejo y prevención de la infección por VIH en recién nacidos hijos de madres VIH (+). Ent...