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...
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...
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...
According to WHO data, 71 million people worldwide were infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2015, corresponding to a prevalence of 1%. 399,000 people die annually from complications of liver cirrhosis, including hepatocellular carcinoma.
This KDP answers the following clinical questions:
Diagnos...
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...
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...
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...
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/patogenicidade,
Infecções por Coronavirus/diagnóstico por imagem,
Infecções por Coronavirus/complicações,
Infecções por Coronavirus/tratamento farmacológico,
Pneumonia Viral/diagnóstico por imagem,
Pneumonia Viral/tratamento farmacológico,
Pneumonia Viral/complicações,
Pandemias/estatística & dados numéricos,
Exacerbação dos Sintomas,
Grupos de Risco,
China/epidemiologia,
Pneumonia Associada a Assistência à Saúde/diagnóstico,
Pessoal de Saúde/organização & administração,
Portador Sadio/transmissão,
Transmissão Vertical de Doenças Infecciosas/prevenção & controle
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...
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...
