Guidelines Review Committee
Guidelines Review Committee
The purpose of the Guidelines Review Committee (GRC) is to develop and implement procedures to ensure that WHO guidelines are based on the best available evidence and are produced in ways consistent with internationally accepted best practices.
WHO handbook for guideline development
This handbook provides detailed instructions for guideline developers on the following topics:
- application of high quality methodology for guideline development using systematic search strategies, synthesis and quality assessment of the best available evidence to support the recommendations;
- appropriate collection and management of experts’ declared conflict of interest;
- expert group composition including content experts, methodologists, target users, policy makers, with gender and geographical balance;
- instructions for the management of group process to achieve consensus among experts;
- standards for a transparent decision-making process, taking into consideration potential harms and benefits, end users values and preferences;
- developing plans for implementing and adapting guidelines; and
- minimum standards for reporting.
WHO COVID-19 Recommendations
In
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO has published thousands of emergency
interim recommendations addressing different aspects of public health and
wellbeing. To facilitate navigating these different recommendations, WHO
has developed the WHO COVID-19 Recommendations Map. This
is a catalogue of the latest technical guidance, and collates both formally
developed recommendations and actionable statements related to the clinical,
public health and health policy management of COVID-19 issued by WHO since January 2020.
For a full list
of all WHO documents related to COVID-19, please visit the
covid-19 technical guidance page.
Latest WHO guidelines approved by the Guidelines Review Committee
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15 May 2023
Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
This guideline provides evidence-informed guidance on the use of non-sugar sweeteners to reduce the risk of unhealthy weight gain and diet-related...
14 March 2023
WHO Guidelines for malaria
The WHO Guidelines for malaria bring together the Organization’s most up-to-date recommendations for malaria in one user-friendly and easy-to-navigate...
10 February 2023
WHO guidelines on parenting interventions to prevent maltreatment and enhance parent–child relationships...
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on parenting interventions for parents and caregivers of children aged 0–17 years that are...
15 December 2022
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 4: treatment - drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment,...
The WHO Consolidated Guidelines on Tuberculosis (TB), Module 4: Treatment - Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment 2022 update informs health care professionals...
The recommendations in this guideline are intended to inform development of national and subnational health policies, clinical protocols and programmatic...
17 October 2022
Updated recommendations on treatment of adolescents and children with chronic HCV infection, and HCV...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major public health problem and cause of chronic liver disease that leads to approximately 399 000 deaths annually....
The updated recommendations in this document on the timing of induction of labour supersede the previous WHO recommendations on this topic in the 2018...
The updated recommendations in this document on mechanical methods for induction of labour supersede the previous WHO recommendations on this topic...
The updated recommendation in this document on the use of outpatient settings for induction of labour supersedes the previous WHO recommendation on...
30 September 2022
WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis: module 3: diagnosis: tests for TB infection
The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: Diagnosis – Tests for tuberculosis infection” is a new consolidated policy...
29 September 2022
WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids for improving preterm birth outcomes
In 2021, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) for the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized...
In 2021, the Executive Guideline Steering Group (GSG) for the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal and perinatal health recommendations prioritized...