This technical brief describes the re-affirmed WHO recommendation on ultrasound examination in the context of routine antenatal care and outlines policy and programme implications for translating this recommendation into action at the country level.
The recommendation in this document thus supersedes the previous WHO recommendation for the prevention of PPH as published in the 2012 guideline, WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.
WHO Regional Office for Africa
This leaflet is intended to inform physicians — mainly GPs — and medical students on how to recognize a possible radiation injury. It is important to note that radiation injury has no special signs and symptoms. However, the combination of some of them may be typical of radiation injury.
Arabic... version available: http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/pub_meet/en/Arabicleaflet.pdf?ua=1
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This pocket guide is designed for clinicians, including physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals, who will provide emergency care following a radiological event. It should be used as a supplement to training and practice drills. (Prints on 8½" x 14" paper)
The recommendation in this document thus supersedes the previous WHO recommendation for the prevention of PPH as published in the 2012 guideline, WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage.
In-and Out-Patient Treatment
based on information as at 28 February 2021
Rapid Policy Brief Series Series 14: COVID-19 and hypertension
ESTA NOTA INFORMATIVA SUBSTITUI A NOTA INFORMATIVA Nº 11/2020-SE/GAB/SE/MS, DE 15 DE JUNHO DE 2020, QUE SUBSTITUIU A NOTA INFORMATIVANº 9/2020-SE/GAB/SE/MS, DE 20 DE MAIO DE 2020
Published:February 02, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00234-8
The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal and child health programmes and policy-makers in all settings. The guideline will also be useful to tho...se directly providing care to pregnant women and preterm infants, such as obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives, nurses and general practitioners. The information in this guideline will be useful for developing job aids and tools for pre- and in-service training of health workers to enhance their delivery of maternal and neonatal care relating to preterm birth.
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DHS Working Papers No. 125
Facilitator's Guide
Refresher Training Module for Health Care Providers implementing the MISP
Inter-agency Working Group on Reproductive Health in Crises Training Partnership
Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapeutics, 2013, 1, 17-24
8 January 2021
Sequencing enabled the world to rapidly identify SARS-CoV-2 and develop diagnostic tests and other tools for outbreak management. Continued genome sequencing supports the monitoring of the disease’s spread and evolution of the virus. Accelerated integration of genome sequencing int...o the practices of the global health community is required if we want to be better prepared for the future threats. This document provides guidance for laboratories on maximizing the impact of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing now and other emerging pathogens in the future.
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Model Chapter for textbooks for medical students and allied health professionals