Improving WHO's understanding of WHO guideline uptake and use in Member States: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO publishes public health and clinical guidelines to guide Member States in achieving better health outcomes. Furthermore, WHO's Thirteenth General Programme of Work for 2019-2023 prioritizes strengthening its normative functional role and uptake of normative and standard-setting products, including guidelines at the country level. Therefore, understanding WHO guideline uptake by the Member States, particularly the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), is of utmost importance for the organization and scholarship.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review using a comprehensive search strategy to include published literature in English between 2007 and 2020. The review was conducted between May and June 2021. We searched five electronic databases including CINAHL,

SUBMITTER: Saluja K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9449928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature