WHO medical eligibility criteria update

Medical-eligibility criteria for contraceptive use.

New WHO medical eligibility criteria for contraceptives: adaptation for use in a local service in UK.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published a new edition of its influential document Improving Access to Quality Care in Family Planning: Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptives. The first edition, published in 1996, has had a large impact and has been used in many countries as a framework for the production of national and service guidelines. The aim of the WHO initiative is to ...

Generating Medical Logic Modules for Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria

Clinical trials are an important part of modern medical research, however the effort required to find candidates for participation in such trial is significant. With the increasing prevalence of electronic medical records, automated or semi-automated solutions become feasible. We present an semi-automated approach for determining clinical trial eligibility based on information available in an e...

U S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010.

CDC created U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2010, from guidance developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and finalized the recommendations after consultation with a group of health professionals who met in Atlanta, Georgia, during February 2009. This guidance comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by women and men who have certai...

U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use, 2016.

The 2016 U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (U.S. MEC) comprises recommendations for the use of specific contraceptive methods by women and men who have certain characteristics or medical conditions. These recommendations for health care providers were updated by CDC after review of the scientific evidence and consultation with national experts who met in Atlanta, Georgia, ...