WHO guidelines
The development of global guidelines ensuring the appropriate use of evidence represents one of the core functions of WHO.
A WHO guideline is defined broadly as any information product developed by WHO that contains recommendations for clinical practice or public health policy. Recommendations are statements designed to help end-users make informed decisions on whether, when and how to undertake specific actions such as clinical interventions, diagnostic tests or public health measures, with the aim of achieving the best possible individual or collective health outcomes.
The Guidelines Review Committee ensures that WHO guidelines are of a high methodological quality and are developed through a transparent, evidence-based decision-making process. Guidelines are subject to a rigorous quality assurance process that helps to ensure that each and every published guideline is trustworthy, impactful and meets the highest international standards.
Latest WHO guidelines approved by the Guidelines Review Committee
All →WHO's global health sector strategies for HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) aim to reduce gonorrhoea and syphilis...
The purpose of these guidelines is to provide guidance on the choice of treatment so that patients (adults and children) with CE cysts can be offered...
Clinical management and infection prevention and control for mpox: living guideline, May 2025
This document is for public health specialists, health emergency responders, clinicians, health facility managers, health and care workers and IPC...
Guidelines for the treatment of tungiasis
Tungiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by the sand flea Tunga penetrans, continues to affect millions of people in vulnerable communities across...
WHO guideline on the prevention of female genital mutilation and clinical management of complications
In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO guidelines on the management of health complications from female genital mutilation. That...
WHO guideline on preventing early pregnancy and poor reproductive outcomes among adolescents in low-...
The objectives of this guideline are the same as those of the 2011 edition, namely to provide evidence-based normative guidance on interventions to improve...
The “WHO consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis. Module 3: diagnosis” combines the WHO policy guidance on detection of TB infection,...
The World Health Organization’s Global Programme on Tuberculosis & Lung Health (WHO/GTB) has integrated all existing recommendations into a single,...