Guides/Guidelines

Guides/Guidelines

Adult Primary Care (APC) Clinical Tool (2023)

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Guides/Guidelines

The APC clinical tool is a comprehensive, integrated clinical decision support tool for frontline clinicians working in primary health care in South Africa. It forms part of the Ideal Clinic and the Integrated Clinical Service Management programmes. The tool has been updated to combine the latest guidelines and policies, across all clinical programmes in the National Department of Health in South Africa, into a single practical implementation tool. All medications align with the Standard Treatment guidelines and Essential Medicine List. 

Clinical Management of Rifampicin-Resistant Tubercolosis

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Guides/Guidelines

This Updated Clinical Reference Guide is a revision of the Management of RR-TB: A Clinical Reference Guide, published in November 2019. The main changes in the document include introducing the 6-month regimens known as BPaL and BPaL-L regimens, discussion of the new inclusion and exclusion criteria, treatment modalities, treatment follow up and post-treatment follow-up.

Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections

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Guides/Guidelines

OVERALL GUIDELINE OBJECTIVE

This guideline aims to outline the four pillars for routine care for women of childbearing age and their families relating to:

• the prevention of new HIV cases, TB cases, syphilis cases, and other infections 
• the prevention of unintended pregnancies
• the prevention of vertical transmission of HIV, syphilis, and other infections, and 
• the care and treatment of the women living with, and their children exposed to HIV, syphilis and other infections

Hospital Level ( Paediatric) Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML) 5th Edition - 2023

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Guides/Guidelines

The National Drug Policy makes provision for an Essential Drugs Program (EDP), which is a key component in promoting rational medicines use. Each treatment guideline in the Paediatric Hospital Level Standard Treatment Guidelines (STGs) and Essential Medicines List (EML) has been designed as a progression in care from the current Primary Health Care (PHC) STGs and EML. In addition, where a referral is recommended, the relevant medicines have either been reviewed and included on the Tertiary level EML, or are in the process of being reviewed.

2023 ART Clinical Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Adults, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding, Adolescents, Children, Infants and Neonates

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Guides/Guidelines

The 2023 ART guideline introduces simplified ART provision and harmonised methods of management of children, adolescents and adults, 
as well as pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS, TB and other common opportunistic infections. 

The guidelines also provide guidance on the use of Dolutegravir (DTG) dispersible tablets for children from 3kg and 4 weeks old. 

These guidelines have been revised with the Differentiated Models of Care SOPs to ensure simultaneous consideration and alignment of clinical,
 adherence and service delivery updates.

WHO: Recommendations on Interventions to Improve Preterm Birth Outcomes

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Guides/Guidelines
The primary audience for this guideline includes health-care professionals who are responsible for developing national and local health-care protocols and policies, as well as managers of maternal and child health programs and policy-makers in all settings. The guideline will also be useful to those directly providing care to pregnant women and preterm infants, such as obstetricians, paediatricians, midwives, nurses and general practitioners.

WHO: Recommendations on Health Promotion Interventions for Maternal and Newborn Health 2015

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Guides/Guidelines
This report summarizes the final recommendation and the process for developing the guideline on health promotion interventions for maternal and newborn health. The primary audience for the guideline is health programme managers, including governmental and non-governmental organizations, and policy makers who are responsible for designing maternal, newborn and child health programmes, primarily in low-income settings.
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Switching Stable 1st and 2nd Line ART Clients to DTG Containing Regimen

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