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CLINICAL GUIDES

Cancers of the reproductive system

• WHO technical specifications: cryosurgical equipment for the treatment of precancerous cervical lesions and prevention of cervical cancer
  10 October 2012
• WHO guidelines: use of cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
  21 November 2011
• Comprehensive cervical cancer control
  A guide to essential practice
  31 December 2006

Family planning

• How to procure CycleBeads: a visual tool for the Standard Days Method
  Advisory note
  20 July 2012
• A guide to family planning for community health workers and their clients
  4 June 2012
• Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use
  Fourth edition
  26 September 2010
• Combined hormonal contraceptive use during the postpartum period
  Statement
  25 August 2010
• Packages of interventions
  Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health
  4 August 2010
• Safety of levonorgestrel-alone emergency contraceptive pills
  Fact sheet
  25 March 2010
• Technical consultation on hormonal contraception use during lactation and effects on the newborn
  Summary report
  18 March 2010
• Medical eligibility criteria wheel for contraceptive use
  2008 update
  15 June 2009
• Progestogen-only contraceptive use during lactation and its effects on the neonate
  Statement
  6 June 2009
• Hormonal contraception and liver disease
  WHO provider brief - Contraception 80 (2009) 325–326
  12 January 2009
• Technical Consultation on the effects of hormonal contraception on bone health
  Summary report
  31 December 2007
• Decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers
  Implementation guide on CD-ROM
  17 September 2007
• Does hormonal contraception modify the risk of STI acquisition?
  Provider brief
  8 September 2007
• Family planning: a global handbook for providers
  2011 Update
  31 August 2007
• Hormonal contraception and bone health
  Provider brief
  30 April 2007
• Reproductive choices and family planning for people living with HIV
  Counselling tool
  25 October 2006
• Decision-making tool for family planning clients and providers
  A resource for high-quality counselling
  31 December 2005
• Levonorgestrel for emergency contraception
  Fact sheet
  5 October 2005
• Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use
  Second edition
  31 December 2004

Female genital mutilation

• Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of female genital mutilation
  Report of a WHO technical consultation
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A teacher's guide
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A student's guide
  31 December 2001

Humanitarian settings

• Clinical management of rape survivors
  E-learning programme
  23 November 2009
• Clinical management of rape survivors:
  Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons
  31 December 2004

Infertility

• WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semen
  Fifth edition
  1 February 2010
• WHO Manual for the Standardized Investigation, Diagnosis and Management of the Infertile Male
  Published by Cambridge University Press
  31 December 2000
• WHO manual for the standardized investigation and diagnosis of the infertile couple
  29 October 1993

Linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS

• Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS
  Guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings
  31 December 2006
• Reproductive choices and family planning for people living with HIV
  Counselling tool
  25 October 2006

Maternal and perinatal health

• Optimizing health worker roles for maternal and newborn health
  4 December 2012
• WHO recommendations for the prevention and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage
  18 September 2012
• Guidelines on basic newborn resuscitation
  19 July 2012
• Prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  Summary of recommendations
  2 November 2011
• WHO recommendations for prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
  19 September 2011
• WHO recommendations for induction of labour
  15 February 2011
• Packages of interventions
  Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health
  4 August 2010
• Clarifying WHO position on misoprostol use in the community to reduce maternal death
  Statement
  8 June 2010
• WHO Statement regarding the use of misoprostol for postpartum haemorrhage prevention and treatment
  17 July 2009
• Progestogen-only contraceptive use during lactation and its effects on the neonate
  Statement
  6 June 2009
• Midwifery education modules
  Midwifery education modules - second edition
  18 June 2008
• Managing complications in pregnancy and childbirth
  A guide for midwives and doctors
  31 December 2007
• Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  Group 1: General standards of care for healthy pregnancy and childbirth
  31 December 2007
• Obstetric fistula
  Guiding principles for clinical management and programme development
  31 December 2006
• Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care - A guide for essential practice
  31 December 2006
• Kangaroo mother care
  Practical guide
  31 December 2003
• Managing newborn problems
  A guide for doctors, nurses and midwives
  21 October 2003
• Detecting pre-eclampsia : a practical guide, using and maintaining blood pressure equipment
  9 September 2002
• Management of pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of female genital mutilation
  Report of a WHO technical consultation
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A teacher's guide
  31 December 2001
• Female genital mutilation: integrating the prevention and the management of the health complications into the curricula of nursing and midwifery
  A student's guide
  31 December 2001
• Thermal protection of the newborn
  Practical guide
  31 December 1997
• Care in normal birth
  Practical guide
  31 December 1996

Reproductive tract infections, sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS

• WHO guidelines: use of cryotherapy for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
  21 November 2011
• Expert consultation and review of the latest evidence to update guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections
  Meeting report
  29 September 2011
• Prevention and management of sexually transmitted and reproductive tract infections
  Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  31 December 2007
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of syphilis
  Standards for maternal and neonatal care
  31 December 2007
• Training modules for the syndromic management of sexually transmitted infections
  Second edition
  31 December 2007
• Does hormonal contraception modify the risk of STI acquisition?
  Provider brief
  8 September 2007
• Comprehensive cervical cancer control
  A guide to essential practice
  31 December 2006
• Sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV/AIDS
  Guidelines on care, treatment and support for women living with HIV/AIDS and their children in resource-constrained settings
  31 December 2006
• Sexually transmitted and other reproductive tract infections
  A guide to essential practice
  31 December 2005
• Manual for the standardization of colposcopy for the evaluation of vaginal products
  Update 2004
  31 December 2004
• Guidelines for the management of sexually transmitted infections
  31 December 2004
• Diseases of the Female Genital System. International Nomenclature of Diseases
  Volume VIII
  31 December 1992

Unsafe abortion

• Safe abortion: technical and policy guidance for health systems
  Second edition
  16 May 2012
• Packages of interventions
  Family planning, safe abortion care, maternal, newborn and child health
  4 August 2010
• Frequently asked clinical questions about medical abortion
  31 December 2007
• Complications of abortion
  Technical and managerial guidelines for prevention and treatment
  31 December 1995
• Clinical management of abortion complications: a practical guide
  31 December 1994

Violence against women

• Clinical management of rape survivors
  E-learning programme
  23 November 2009
• Clinical management of rape survivors:
  Developing protocols for use with refugees and internally displaced persons
  31 December 2004