Journal article
Transparent Development of the WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines
Abstract
Emerging health problems require rapid advice. We describe the development and pilot testing of a systematic, transparent approach used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to develop rapid advice guidelines in response to requests from member states confronted with uncertainty about the pharmacological management of avian influenza A (H5N1) virus infection. We first searched for systematic reviews of randomized trials of treatment and …
Authors
Schünemann HJ; Hill SR; Kakad M; Vist GE; Bellamy R; Stockman L; Wisløff TF; Del Mar C; Hayden F; Uyeki TM
Journal
PLOS Medicine, Vol. 4, No. 5,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date
May 2007
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.0040119
ISSN
1549-1277