Documents listed by year of publication

2013

• Guideline: Calcium supplementation in pregnant women
• Pocket book of hospital care for children: Second edition
  Guidelines for the management of common childhood illnesses
• Potassium intake for adults and children
• Sodium intake for adults and children

2012

• Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling - including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples
  Recommendations for a public health approach
• Guidance on oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for serodiscordant couples, men and transgender women who have sex with men at high risk of HIV
  Recommendations for use in the context of demonstration projects
• Guidance on prevention of viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs
• Guideline: Daily iron and folic acid supplementation in pregnant women
• Guideline: Intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in non-anaemic pregnant women
• Hormonal contraception and HIV
  Technical statement
• Prevention and control of NCDs: Guidelines for primary health care in low-resource settings
• Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for sex workers in low- and middle-income countries
  Recommendations for a public health approach
• Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems
  Second edition
• WHO guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of persisting pain in children with medical illnesses
• WHO policy on collaborative TB/HIV activities: guidelines for national programmes and other stakeholders
• WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage

2011

• Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries
  Research summary
• An update on WHO's work on female genital mutilation (FGM)
  Progress report
• Avian Influenza H5N1 at the human-animal interface: Update on selected projects
• Clinical management of acute pesticide intoxication: prevention of suicidal behaviours
• Community case management during an influenza outbreak
  A training package for community health workers
• Comparative analysis of national pandemic influenza preparedness plans
  January 2011
• Emergence of multi-drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae - Threat of global rise in untreatable sexually transmitted infections
  Fact sheet
• Evaluating the quality of care for severe pregnancy complications: the WHO near-miss approach for maternal health
• Expert consultation and review of the latest evidence to update guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections
  Meeting report
• Female genital mutilation programmes to date: what works and what doesn't
  Policy brief
• Fluorescent light-emitting diode (LED) microscopy for diagnosis of tuberculosis policy
  Policy statement
• Guideline: Intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in menstruating women
• Guideline: Intermittent iron supplementation in preschool and school-age children
• Guideline: Neonatal vitamin A supplementation
• Guideline: Use of multiple micronutrient powders for home fortification of foods consumed by infants and children 6–23 months of age
• Guideline: Use of multiple micronutrient powders for home fortification of foods consumed by pregnant women
• Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation during pregnancy for reducing the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation for infants 1–5 months of age
• Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation for infants and children 6-59 months of age
• Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation in postpartum women
• Guideline: Vitamin A supplementation in pregnant women
• Guidelines on optimal feeding of low birth-weight infants in low- and middle-income countries
• Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings
• Interventions on diet and physical activity: what works: summary report
• Intimate partner violence during pregnancy
  Information sheet
• Long-term contraceptive protection, discontinuation and switching behaviour
  Intrauterine device (IUD) use dynamics in 14 developing countries
• Management of MDR-TB: a field guide
• Methods for surveillance and monitoring of congenital syphilis elimination within existing systems
• National, regional, and worldwide estimates of stillbirth rates in 2009 with trends since 1995
  Policy brief
• Noncommercial culture and drug-susceptibility testing methods for screening patients at risk for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: policy statement
• Pacific physical activity guidelines for adults: framework for accelerating the communication of physical activity guidelines
• Prevalence and incidence of selected sexually transmitted infections
  Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis and Trichomonas vaginalis. Methods and results used by WHO to generate 2005 estimates
• Preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in developing countries
  WHO guidelines
• Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
  Policy brief
• Prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  Summary of recommendations
• Provision of injectable contraceptives in Ethiopia through community-based reproductive health agents
  Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Volume 89, Number 8
• Response to measles outbreaks in measles mortality reduction settings
• Revitalizing the National STI/RTI Control Activities in Kenya
  Report of a high level Consultative meeting
• Same-day diagnosis of tuberculosis by microscopy: WHO policy statement
• Sociocultural motivations for female genital mutilation: matrimonial strategies, family motivations and religious justifications among the Al Pulaar and the Soninké in the River Senegal Valley
• Statement on the Heffron et al study on the safety of using hormonal contraceptives for women at risk of HIV infection
  Statement
• Surveillance guidelines for measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the WHO European Region
• Syphilis test availability and uptake at medical facilities in southern China
  Article - Bulletin of the World Health Organization
• The sexual and reproductive health of young adolescents in developing countries: Reviewing the evidence, identifying research gaps, and moving the agenda
  Report of a WHO technical consultation, Geneva, 4-5 November 2010
• The sexual and reproductive health of younger adolescents
  Research issues in developing countries
• The TCu380A Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUD)
  Specification, prequalification and guidelines for procurement, 2010
• Unsafe abortion: global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008
  Sixth edition
• Use of cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
  WHO guidelines
• Violence against women: an urgent public health priority
  Editorial - WHO Bulletin
• WHO Pharmaceuticals Newsletter
  No. 1, 2011
• WHO recommendations for induction of labour
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
• WHO Statement on antenatal care

2010

• Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in adults and adolescents
  Recommendations for a public health approach: 2010 revision
• Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in infants and children: Towards universal access
  Recommendations for a public health approach: 2010 revision
• Best practices for injections and related procedures toolkit
• Guidelines for treatment of tuberculosis, fourth edition
• Increasing access to health workers in remote and rural areas through improved retention
  Global policy recommendations
• Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
  Fourth edition
• mhGAP Evidence Resource Centre
• mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings
• WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: selected pollutants
• WHO guidelines for pharmacological management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza and other influenza viruses
• WHO guidelines on drawing blood: best practices in phlebotomy
• WHO recommendations on the diagnosis of HIV infection in infants and children

2009

• Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative
  Revised, updated and expanded for integrated care
• Dengue: guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control
• Guidelines for an integrated approach to nutritional care of HIV-infected children
  (6 month-14 years)
  Preliminary version for country introduction
• Guidelines for the psychosocially assisted pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence
• Integrating gender into HIV/AIDS programmes in the health sector
  Tool to improve responsiveness to women's needs
• Interventions on diet and physical activity: what works: summary report
• Natural ventilation for infection control in health-care settings
  WHO guideline 2009
• Pandemic influenza preparedness and response
  WHO guidance document
• Pharmacological treatment of mental disorders in primary health care
• Pregnancy and pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009: information for programme managers and clinicians
• Recommendations on wheat and maize flour fortification meeting report: Interim Consensus Statement
• Reducing excess mortality from common illnesses during an influenza pandemic
  WHO guidelines for emergency health interventions in community settings
• Response to measles outbreaks in measles mortality reduction settings
• Screening donated blood for transfusion-transmissible infections: recommendations
• Surveillance guidelines for measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the WHO European Region
• Weekly Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) in women of reproductive age: its role in promoting optimal maternal and child health
• WHO child growth standards and the identification of severe acute malnutrition in infants and children
  A Joint Statement by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund
• WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: dampness and mould
• WHO guidelines for safe surgery: safe surgery saves lives
• WHO guidelines on hand hygiene in health care
• WHO handbook on indoor radon: a public health perspective
• WHO policy on TB infection control in health-care facilities, congregate settings and households

2008

• Cancer control: knowledge in action: diagnosis and treatment
• Clinical management of acute pesticide intoxication: prevention of suicidal behaviours
• Guidelines on the provision of manual wheelchairs in less resourced settings
• Management of MDR-TB: a field guide
• Pacific physical activity guidelines for adults: framework for accelerating the communication of physical activity guidelines
• Stop TB policy paper: contributing to health system strengthening: guiding principles for national tuberculosis programmes
• Tuberculosis and air travel: guidelines for prevention and control