Recommendations for management of common childhood conditions
The publication provides a summary of evidence and assessment using the GRADE process, and recommendations on the management of common causes of childhood illnesses. The key areas covered include management of several common neonatal conditions, common causes of fever (acute and chronic otitis media, typhoid fever and meningitis); treatment of acute respiratory infections; treatment of dysentery; use of antibiotics in severe acute malnutrition; use and delivery of oxygen therapy in children; and supportive care.
Strengthening midwifery toolkit
There have been serious efforts over the past several decades to review effective interventions for improving pregnancy and childbirth outcomes. A clear consensus has emerged from these analyse that providing skilled care at every birth is an essential component of interventions to reduce maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Without availability of a health provider with specific midwifery skills and competencies, particularly lifesaving skills, international goals for maternal and newborn health cannot be reached.
WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
The majority of deaths due to pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are avoidable through the provision of timely and effective care to the women presenting with these complications. Optimizing health care to prevent and treat women with hypertensive disorders is a necessary step towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals. WHO has developed the present evidence-informed recommendations with a view to promoting the best possible clinical practices for the management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
Strengthening the adolescent component of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programmes
This five-day training course on strengthening the adolescent component of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health programmes has been developed for public health managers. The course materials have been applied and further developed in courses throughout the world.
They help public health managers to become familiar with the special health and development needs of young people, and to take those needs into consideration when planning interventions that aim to improve the reproductive health status of and reduce the prevalence of HIV infection among individuals from 10 to 24 years of age.
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