Bibliographic information
GuidelineWHO recommendations: optimizing health worker roles to improve access to key maternal and newborn health interventions through task shifting
Year of Publication2012
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
New
LAY HEALTH WORKERS manage puerperal sepsis, using intramuscular antibiotics, delivered by a standard syringe, before referral. We suggest considering this option only in the context of rigorous research.
Recommendation in research context
Only in research contexts