The World Health Organization (WHO) envisions a world where every pregnant woman and newborn receives quality care throughout the pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period.
As part of its unique normative function in health, WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience were developed. These guidelines were developed in 2016 and are relevant to all pregnant women and adolescent girls receiving antenatal care in any health-care facility or community-based setting. In 2019, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) on WHO maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized the updating of the early ultrasound scan recommendations.
Updated evidence reviews have been conducted for early ultrasound scan and will be discussed during this guideline development panel meeting by videoconference, using Zoom, on 22 June 2021.
The main objectives of this panel meeting are to:
Present the evidence for informing the update of the recommendation for the WHO antenatal care guidelines for early ultrasound scan;
Draft updated recommendation for the early ultrasound scan, considering benefits, harms, values and preferences, feasibility, equity, ethics, acceptability, resource requirements and other factors, as appropriate;
Define implications for further research and gaps; and
Discuss considerations for the implementation of the recommendation, if necessary.
In keeping with the requirements of the WHO Guidelines Review Committee and the WHO Compliance, Risk Management and Ethics Office, we are posting online short biographies of the GDG members. The listed candidates have also submitted a Declaration of Interest form stating any conflict of interests. WHO has applied its
internal processes to ensure that the performance of the above tasks by members of this group will be transparent and without any significant conflict of interests (academic, financial, or other) that could affect the credibility of the guideline.
Nevertheless, WHO invites the general public to review the experts and stakeholders involved and provide feedback regarding any member deemed to have a significant conflict of interest with respect to the terms of reference for this group. Comments
and feedbacks should be cordial and constructive, and sent to srhmph@who.int.
List of experts with biographies
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