Plague has killed millions of people during the past 25 centuries, and the disease reappeared in several countries during the 1990s. Consequently, plague was categorized as a re-emerging disease. Human plague outbreaks continue to be reported, including an outbreak of pneumonic plague in Madagascar in 20...
Securing equitable access to health services for rural and remote populations continues to
be a challenge for governments and policymakers around the world. At the core of this
complex challenge is a global shortage of well trained, skilled, motivated health workers.
In 2016, the World Health Organizatio...
In this abridged version of the Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Follow-Up of at-risk neonates, we provide recommendations for the care of newborns up to 2 years of age, corresponding to the first phase of their follow-up. The recommendations are intended for all health sector staff re...
To provide guidelines from the French College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (CNGOF), based on the best evidence available, concerning the impact of endometrial destruction on bleeding and endometrial cancer risk reduction in patients candidates for operative hysteroscopy.Recommendations were made a...
Evidence from a systematic review on antenatal zinc supplementation was evaluated as part of the World
Health Organization (WHO) antenatal care (ANC) guideline development process in 2016, and the following
recommendation on zinc supplementation was made: “Zinc supplementation for pregnant women is onl...
O câncer de mama atinge 2.1 milhões de mulheres todos os anos no mundo. No Brasil, são 66.280 novos diagnósticos, segundo estimativas do INCA (Instituto Nacional de Câncer). Esse é o tipo de tumor mais frequente em mulheres de todas as idades e, nos países menos desenvolvidos, a mortalidade em dec...
More people die each year from cardiovascular diseases than from any other cause. Over three
quarters of heart disease and stroke-related deaths occur in low-income and middle-income countries.
Hypertension – or elevated blood pressure – is a serious medical condition that significantly increases the...
La demencia se conceptualiza como un síndrome caracterizado principalmente por el declive de la cognición,
aunque no únicamente de la memoria, que interfiere con el funcionamiento cotidiano de las personas [1]. Es un
cuadro de presentación progresiva, más frecuente en personas de edad más avanzada,...
La incidencia del carcinoma de células renales (CCR) ha aumentado en las últimas décadas, siendo a nivel mundial
el sexto cáncer más frecuentemente diagnosticado en hombres y el décimo en mujeres (1). Sin embargo, la
sobrevida ha mejorado en las últimas tres décadas. Esto se ha dado, en parte, po...
El Mieloma Múltiple es un tipo de neoplasia hematológica maligna incurable en la actualidad, que se caracteriza
por la afección y multiplicación sin control de células plasmáticas en la médula ósea con su consecuente secreción
de una proteína monoclonal y síntomas como anemia, hipercalcemia, f...
