1989 Guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: memorandum from a WHO/ISH Meeting

Guidelines for the treatment of mild hypertension. Memorandum from a WHO/ISH meeting.

The present guidelines were endorsed by the participants at the Third Mild Hypertension Conference, held at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, September 27-29, 1982. They include the definition of mild hypertension, and describe blood pressure measurement, factors influencing the decision to begin treatment, methods of treatment, and follow-up. The guidelines are based on the best available scientific e...

1993 guidelines for the management of mild hypertension: memorandum from a World Health Organization/International Society of Hypertension meeting. Guidelines Sub-Committee.

Anthrax: memorandum from a WHO meeting.

The risk of anthrax can be reduced through international collaboration in health education and training, promotion of research, and provision of scientific and technical advice. These issues were discussed by a WHO Working Group on Anthrax in September 1995, and this Memorandum presents their priority concerns and recommendations in several areas: surveillance, epidemiology, diagnosis in humans...

Destruction of variola virus: memorandum from a WHO meeting.

This Memorandum discusses the fate of variola virus stocks which have been kept in two WHO Collaborating Centres, as well as cloned DNA fragments of variola virus genome, smallpox vaccine, and seed vaccinia virus for the production of this vaccine. General and specific recommendations are given concerning destruction of variola virus; storage, distribution and handling of cloned DNA fragments o...

Diagnosis of human herpesviruses: memorandum from a WHO meeting.

The frequent reactivation of disease in immunosuppressed patients represents a serious health complication for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with herpesviruses. Since the herpesviruses are often associated with the development of complication such as pneumonia and lymphoma, an emphasis is being placed on the rapid laboratory diagnosis of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2, var...