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Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions

Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland Ministry of Health (2012) C2

The product of all this work is the Standard Treatment Guideline and Essential Medicines List of Common Medical Conditions in the Kingdom of Swaziland. These systematically developed statements are designed to assist practitioners in making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific clinical ... more

Treatment of Malaria (Guidelines for Clinicians)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC (2019) C_CDC

Because malaria cases are seen relatively rarely in North America, misdiagnosis by clinicians and laboratorians has been a commonly documented problem in published reports. However, malaria may be a common illness in areas where it is transmitted and therefore the diagnosis of malaria should routine ... more

Antibiotic Use for Sepsis in Neonates and Children: 2016 Evidence Update

Fuchs A., J. Bielickia, S. Mathur, et.al. World Health Organization (2016) C_WHO

Sepsis remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, especially during the first five days of life and in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) [1]. Hospital infection also remains a major cause of mortality in children despite progress encountered in the last decades.

South-East Asia Regional Action Plan on Programmatic Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection

World Health Organization (WHO), Regional Office for South-East Asia (2020) C_WHO

Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine

Polack, F.P. et al. (2020) CC

This article was published on December 10, 2020, and updated on December 16, 2020, at NEJM.org. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2034577

Safety and efficacy of an rAd26 and rAd5 vector-based heterologous prime-boost COVID-19 vaccine: an interim analysis of a randomised controlled phase 3 trial in Russia

Logunov, D.Y, et al. (2021) C1

Published:February 02, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00234-8

Anti-interleukin-6 therapies for hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a protocol for a prospective meta-analysis of randomized trials

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

19 February 2021 The overall objective of this prospective meta-analyses (PMA) is to estimate the effect of anti-IL-6 therapy compared with usual care in hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. The primary comparison is of the class effect of anti-IL-6 therapies. It will also es ... more

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Standing Orders for Administering Vaccine to Persons 18 Years of Age and Older

CDC (2021) CC

These are standing orders for eligible nurses and healthcare professionals to administer the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to persons 18 years of age and older

COVID-19 vaccination (Western Cape Edition)

Wesern Cape Government, South Africa (2021) CC

24 May 2021; Guidance for vaccinators on how to store, prepare, draw up and administer COVID-19 vaccines Updated May 2021 · Western Cape Edition Practical Approach to Care Kit: Vaccine

Covid-19 vaccines: safety surveillance manual. Module on safety surveillance of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnant and breastfeeding women

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

13 July 2021 The module provides an overview of factors to consider when monitoring the safety of COVID-19 vaccines administered to pregnant and breastfeeding women. It describes how national routine AEFI surveillance should be adapted to cater for this specific group of population using both pass ... more

A living WHO guideline on drugs for covid-19
recommended

Rochweg, B.; et al. (2021) CC

BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3379 Rapid Recommendation and visual graph. This is the fifth version (update 4) of the living guideline (BMJ 2020;370:m3379). When citing this article, please consider adding the update number and date of access for clarity. The publication of the RE ... more

Fact Sheet on Breast Cancer in Women

Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) (2021) CC

Pharmaceutical Compounding - Nonsterile Preparations - Revision Bulletin

United States Pharmacopeial Convention (2014) CC

Revision Bulletin ESPNF

COVID-19 Scientific and Public Health Policy Update – (6 July 2022)

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

This bi-weekly brief details the latest developments in scientific knowledge and public health policy from around the world as well as updates to the COVID-19-related guidance from Africa CDC, WHO and other public health agencies.

WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards

World Health Organization WHO (2021) C_WHO

2nd edition. The purpose of the WHO human health risk assessment toolkit: chemical hazards is to provide its users with guidance to identify, acquire and use the information needed to assess chemical hazards, exposures and the corresponding health risks in their given health risk assessment contexts ... more

COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines

National Department of Health, South Africa (2022) CC

Updated Treatment Guidelines

Guidelines on management of blood and blood components as essential medicines

World Health Organization WHO (2017) C_WHO

Pharmaceutical Waste Management: A Review

Rajbongshi, S.; et al. (2016) C1

European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol.3 (2016) 1, 192-206 This review shows that if all sub areas of pharmaceutical waste management can efficiently work back to back environmental pollution and dangers to human health can reduce significantly.