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Consolidated guidelines on person-centred HIV patient monitoring and case surveillance

These guidelines consolidate guidance on monitoring systems for patients and all cases of HIV as part of public health surveillance. They recommend the use of unique identifiers to link patients across health services, allowing the sustainable measurement of the cascade of services. The guidelines promote the use of routine data for patient care and enable reporting on most programme, national and global indicators, including key global targets for HIV.

Guidelines for managing advanced HIV disease and rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on the timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV.

Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services

This guideline provides global, evidence-informed recommendations on protection, promotion and support of optimal breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services, as a public health intervention. The document presents the key recommendations, a summary of the supporting evidence and a description of the considerations that contributed to the deliberations and consensus decision-making.

Managing Complications in Pregnancy and Childbirth: A guide for midwives and doctors

While most pregnancies and births are uneventful, all pregnancies are at risk. Around 15% of all pregnant women will develop a potentially life-threatening complication that calls for skilled care, and some will require a major obstetrical intervention to survive.

This manual is written for midwives and doctors at the district hospital who are responsible for the care of women with complications of pregnancy, childbirth, or the immediate postpartum period, including immediate problems of the newborn.

WHO Recommendations on Child Health

This publication on WHO recommendations related to child health is one of four in a series; the others relate to newborn, maternal and adolescent health. The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on child health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals. The compilation can also help better define gaps to prioritize guideline updates.

This document is meant to respond to the questions:

(1) What health interventions should the child receive and when should s/he receive it?

(2) What health behaviors should a mother/caregiver practice (or not practice)?

WHO Recommendations on Newborn Health

This publication on WHO recommendations related to newborn health is one of four in a series; the others relate to maternal, child and adolescent health. The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on newborn health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals. The compilation can also help better define gaps to prioritize guideline updates.

This document is meant to respond to the questions:

(1) What health interventions should be the newborn and young infants < 2 months of age receive and when should s/he receive?

(2) What health behaviors should a mother/caregiver practice (or not practice)?

WHO Recommendations on Maternal Health Guidelines

This publication on WHO recommendations related to maternal health is one of four in a series; the others relate to newborn, child and adolescent health. The objective of this document is to make available WHO recommendations on maternal health in one easy-to-access document for WHO staff, policy-makers, programme managers, and health professionals. The compilation can also help better define gaps to prioritize guideline updates. 

This document is meant to respond to the questions:

(1) What health interventions should be delivered during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period?

(2) What health behaviors should the women practice (or not practice) during these periods to care for herself and her baby?

Sierra Leone Human Resources for Health Strategy

The Sierra Leone Human Resources for Health (HRH) Strategy 2017-2021 provides a roadmap through which the health workforce in Sierra Leone’s health sector will be further strengthened. The plan addresses the most critical human resource for health challenges, across multiple intervention areas including training, regulation, financing, and management.

Sierra Leone Human Resources for Health Policy 2017-2021

This Human Resources for Health (HRH) Policy provides a clear vision for the health workforce for 2017-2021. Its principles, values, goals, and objectives are geared towards strengthening the health workforce to provide high-quality, equitable, and accessible health services to all Sierra Leoneans. The corresponding HRH Strategy was developed in tandem to guide the implementation of this policy, to ensure that its objectives are achieved through feasible and cost-effective interventions.

Health Systems Global

Health Systems Global (HSG) convenes researchers, policy-makers, and implementers from around the world to develop the field of health systems research and unleash their collective capacity to create, share, and apply knowledge to strengthen health systems. 

HSG is the first international membership organization fully dedicated to promoting health systems research and knowledge translation.