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World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC

July 2021. This publication brings together important clinical and programmatic updates produced by WHO since 2016 and provides comprehensive, evidence-informed recommendations and good practice statements within a public health, rights-based and person-centred approach. These guidelines bring in the most recent guidance on HIV testing strategies - the entry point for HIV prevention and treatment - and include comprehensive guidance on infant diagnosis. Key recommendations are presented on rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and the use of dolutegravir. Updated recommendations are included on the timing of ART for people with TB, and the use of point-of-care technologies for treatment monitoring

Tags: hiv testing, hiv service delivery, hiv treatment, HIV/TB, hiv prevention, guideline, good practice,

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World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO

The WHO Guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate online platform. The WHO Guidelines for malaria supersedes 2 previous WHO publications: the Guidelines for the treatment of malaria, third edition and the Guidelines for malaria vector control. Recommendations on malaria will continue to be reviewed and, where appropriate, updated based on the latest available evidence. Any updated recommendations will always display the date of the most recent revision in the MAGICapp platform. With each update, a new PDF version of the consolidated guidelines will also be available for download on the WHO website. The second version of the Guidelines includes updates to the vector control guidance in the malaria prevention section and replaces the version published on 16 February 202

Tags: malaria treatment, Guidelines,

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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

6 July 2021. The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update” is the latest document replacing the one issued in 2020. Three new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) classes are endorsed by WHO and included in the latest consolidated guidelin

Tags: TB, TB diagnosis, tb diagnostic, Tb detection, laboratory, Rapid Diagnostic Tests,

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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

6 July 2021. Three new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) classes are endorsed by WHO and included. The latest operational handbook includes the new classes recommended by WHO. It aims at facilitating the implementation of the WHO recommendations by the Member States, technical partners, and others involved in managing patients with TB and DR-TB. The operational handbook provides practical information on existing and new tests recommended by WHO, step-by-step advice on implementing and scale-up testing to achieve local and national impact and lastly, model diagnostic algorithms, which are updated to incorporate the latest recommendations. An overview of budgetary considerations and information sheets on each of the newly recommended tests is provided

Tags: TB, TB diagnosis, tb diagnostic, Tb detection, laboratory, Rapid Diagnostic Tests,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream

Achievements of EMTCT of HIV and syphilis in the Latin American and the Caribbean. 2019 Update

Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO

Estimated number of pregnant women, number with access to at least four antenatal care visits, and those delivering in hospital settings in the Americas, 2019...

Tags: hiv, syphilis, STD, sti, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnant women,

Source: https://www.paho.org/en/file/85092/downl

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV who are being treated for tuberculosis. New recommendations launched today outline key new actions that countries can take to improve the delivery of HIV testing, treatment and care services by providing greater options for differentiated approaches such as, supporting HIV treatment start in the community, ensuring that children are diagnosed and treated early, and that viral load treatment monitoring is more accessible, focused and triggers clinical actio

Tags: Children, hiv, ART, Antiretroviral therapy (ART), adults, Clinical Guidelines, HIV,

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World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Tags: Children, hiv, ART, Antiretroviral therapy (ART), adults, Clinical Guidelines, HIV, Treatment, PLWA,

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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: technical report

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

Tags: human T-lymphotropic virus, retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus, HTLV-1,

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Manuel opérationnel de l’OMS sur la tuberculose : module 4 : traitement : traitement de la tuberculose pharmacorésistante

Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2021) CC

Tags: MDR-TB, Multidrug resistant tuberculosis, Treatment, tb treatment, traitement,

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Практический справочник ВОЗ по туберкулезу. Модуль 4. Лечение. Лечение лекарственно-устойчивого туберкулеза

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

The consolidated guidelines are complemented by an operational handbook which is designed to assist with implementation of the WHO recommendations by Member States, technical partners and others who are involved in the management of patients with DR-TB. The WHO Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis, Module 4: Treatment - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment provides practical guidance on how to put in place the recommendations at the scale needed to achieve national and global impact. The operational handbook provides practical information and tools that complement the recommendations in the guidelines. The strategies described in the operational handbook are based on the latest WHO recommendations which were formulated by Guideline Development Groups using the GRADE approach. In many cases however, the recommendations in their current form lacked sufficient clinical and programmatic detail, which is important for implementation. This operational handbook complements the guidelines with practical advice based on best practices and knowledge from the fields such as pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, microbiology, pharmacovigilance and clinical and programmatic management

Tags: TB, Tuberculosis, MDR-TB, Multi-drugresistant Tuberculosis/MDR-TB, guideline,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

	Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring NEW World Health Organization WHO (2021) CC View PDF(1) Download (90) Add to my MEDBOX July 2021. This publication brings together important clinical and programmatic updates produced by WHO since 2016 and provides comprehensive, evidence-informed recommendations and good practice statements within a public health, rights-based and person-centred approach. These guidelines bring in the most recent guidance on HIV testing strategies - the entry point for HIV prevention and treatment - and include comprehensive guidance on infant diagnosis. Key recommendations are presented on rapid antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation and the use of dolutegravir. Updated recommendations are included on the timing of ART for people with TB, and the use of point-of-care technologies for treatment monitoring Tags: hiv testing, hiv service delivery, hiv treatment, HIV/TB, hiv prevention, guideline, good practice, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	WHO Guidelines for malaria World Health Organization (WHO) (2021) C_WHO View PDF(1532) Download (1612) Add to my MEDBOX The WHO Guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate online platform. The WHO Guidelines for malaria supersedes 2 previous WHO publications: the Guidelines for the treatment of malaria, third edition and the Guidelines for malaria vector control. Recommendations on malaria will continue to be reviewed and, where appropriate, updated based on the latest available evidence. Any updated recommendations will always display the date of the most recent revision in the MAGICapp platform. With each update, a new PDF version of the consolidated guidelines will also be available for download on the WHO website. The second version of the Guidelines includes updates to the vector control guidance in the malaria prevention section and replaces the version published on 16 February 202 Tags: malaria treatment, Guidelines, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(4) Download (103) Add to my MEDBOX 6 July 2021. The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update” is the latest document replacing the one issued in 2020. Three new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) classes are endorsed by WHO and included in the latest consolidated guidelin Tags: TB, TB diagnosis, tb diagnostic, Tb detection, laboratory, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(43) Download (206) Add to my MEDBOX 6 July 2021. Three new nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT) classes are endorsed by WHO and included. The latest operational handbook includes the new classes recommended by WHO. It aims at facilitating the implementation of the WHO recommendations by the Member States, technical partners, and others involved in managing patients with TB and DR-TB. The operational handbook provides practical information on existing and new tests recommended by WHO, step-by-step advice on implementing and scale-up testing to achieve local and national impact and lastly, model diagnostic algorithms, which are updated to incorporate the latest recommendations. An overview of budgetary considerations and information sheets on each of the newly recommended tests is provided Tags: TB, TB diagnosis, tb diagnostic, Tb detection, laboratory, Rapid Diagnostic Tests, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/rest/bitstream
	Achievements of EMTCT of HIV and syphilis in the Latin American and the Caribbean. 2019 Update Pan American Health Organisation PAHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(10) Download (19) Add to my MEDBOX Estimated number of pregnant women, number with access to at least four antenatal care visits, and those delivering in hospital settings in the Americas, 2019... Tags: hiv, syphilis, STD, sti, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnant women, Source: https://www.paho.org/en/file/85092/downl
	Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(21) Download (73) Add to my MEDBOX These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV who are being treated for tuberculosis. New recommendations launched today outline key new actions that countries can take to improve the delivery of HIV testing, treatment and care services by providing greater options for differentiated approaches such as, supporting HIV treatment start in the community, ensuring that children are diagnosed and treated early, and that viral load treatment monitoring is more accessible, focused and triggers clinical actio Tags: Children, hiv, ART, Antiretroviral therapy (ART), adults, Clinical Guidelines, HIV, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Updated Recommendations Onservice Delivery For The Treatment And Care Of People Living With HIV. Summary Slides World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(13) Download (31) Add to my MEDBOX These guidelines provide new and updated recommendations on the use of point-of-care testing in children under 18 months of age and point-of-care tests to monitor treatment in people living with HIV; the treatment monitoring algorithm; and timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV who are being treated for tuberculosis. New recommendations launched today outline key new actions that countries can take to improve the delivery of HIV testing, treatment and care services by providing greater options for differentiated approaches such as, supporting HIV treatment start in the community, ensuring that children are diagnosed and treated early, and that viral load treatment monitoring is more accessible, focused and triggers clinical actio Tags: Children, hiv, ART, Antiretroviral therapy (ART), adults, Clinical Guidelines, HIV, Treatment, PLWA, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1: technical report World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(5) Download (10) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: human T-lymphotropic virus, retrovirus, human T-cell leukemia-lymphoma virus, HTLV-1, Source: https://extranet.who.int/iris/restricted
	Manuel opérationnel de l’OMS sur la tuberculose : module 4 : traitement : traitement de la tuberculose pharmacorésistante Organisation Mondiale de la Santé OMS (2021) CC View PDF(9) Download (18) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: MDR-TB, Multidrug resistant tuberculosis, Treatment, tb treatment, traitement, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Практический справочник ВОЗ по туберкулезу. Модуль 4. Лечение. Лечение лекарственно-устойчивого туберкулеза World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO View PDF(11) Download (13) Add to my MEDBOX The consolidated guidelines are complemented by an operational handbook which is designed to assist with implementation of the WHO recommendations by Member States, technical partners and others who are involved in the management of patients with DR-TB. The WHO Operational Handbook on Tuberculosis, Module 4: Treatment - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment provides practical guidance on how to put in place the recommendations at the scale needed to achieve national and global impact. The operational handbook provides practical information and tools that complement the recommendations in the guidelines. The strategies described in the operational handbook are based on the latest WHO recommendations which were formulated by Guideline Development Groups using the GRADE approach. In many cases however, the recommendations in their current form lacked sufficient clinical and programmatic detail, which is important for implementation. This operational handbook complements the guidelines with practical advice based on best practices and knowledge from the fields such as pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, microbiology, pharmacovigilance and clinical and programmatic management Tags: TB, Tuberculosis, MDR-TB, Multi-drugresistant Tuberculosis/MDR-TB, guideline, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring (2021)

WHO Guidelines for malaria (2021)

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring (2021)

Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring (2021)

WHO Guidelines for malaria (2021)

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

Achievements of EMTCT of HIV and syphilis in the Latin American and the Caribbean. 2019 Update (2021)

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Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring (2021)

WHO Guidelines for malaria (2021)

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

Guidelines: updated recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral initiation and monitoring (2021)

Consolidated HIV guidelines for prevention, treatment, service delivery & monitoring (2021)

WHO Guidelines for malaria (2021)

WHO operational handbook on tuberculosis: Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis - Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection 2021 update (2021)

Achievements of EMTCT of HIV and syphilis in the Latin American and the Caribbean. 2019 Update (2021)