South African Clinical Guidelines

Tuberculosis
- TB Clinical Guide App. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=omp.guidance.tb&hl=en or Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/tb-clinical-guide/id1061685182?mt=8
- South Africa. Department of Health. Guidelines for the management of tuberculosis in children. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2013.
- Department of Health. TB DOTS Strategy Coordination. National Tuberculosis management guidelines: 2014. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2014.
- South Africa. Department of Health. Management of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Policy guidelines 2011. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2011.

HIV & AIDS
- HIV Clinical Guide App. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medicalappstudio.hivclinicalguide&hl=en or Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/hiv-clinical-guide/id897484262?mt=8
- South Africa. Department of Health. National consolidated guidelines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) and the management of HIV in children, adolescents and adults (ART); 2015
- South Africa. Department of Health. New HIV Guideline: Universal Test and Treat (UTT); 2016
- South Africa. Mental Health Guidelines Committee, Southern African HIV Clinicians Society. Management of mental health disorders in HIV-positive patients by the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society; 2016
- South Africa. Health Systems Trust. 90-90-90 Compendium Volume I; 2016

Women's health
- South Africa. Department of Health. Guidelines for Maternity Care in South Africa: A manual for clinics, community health centres and district hospitals; Fourth Edition 2015
- World Health Organization. Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services; 2017
- World Health Organization. Implementation guidance. Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in facilities providing maternity and newborn services: the revised baby-friendly hospital initiative; 2018

Newborn
- Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy Management Form: HIE worksheet for clinical use; 2018

Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list
- HPCSA. Clinical Practice Gudielines; 2018
- EML Clinical Guide App. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=omp.guidance.phc&hl=en or Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/eml-clinical-guide/id990809414?mt=8
- STG and EDL SA App. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.appenberg.sastgedl&hl=en or Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/sa-stg-and-edl/id998201730?mt=8
- South Africa. Department of Health. Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list for South Africa. Primary Health Care. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2014.
- South Africa. Department of Health. Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list for South Africa. Paediatric Hospital Level. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2013
- South Africa. Department of Health. Standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list for South Africa. Adult Hospital Level. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2012. (Anapplication of the STG EML for Adults is available to download on tablets and smartphones under the Downloads heading).
- South Africa. Department of Health. Adult Primary Care: Symptom-based integrated approach to the adult in primary care. Pretoria: Dept of Health; 2016/2017.
- Cotton MF. INH preventive therapy (IPT) in HIV-infected South children. S Afr J HIV Med. 2011 Jun; 12(2): 27-30.

Cardiovascular
- South African hypertension practice guideline 2014 App. Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.appenberg.hypertension&hl=en or Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/sa-hypertension/id1067817261?mt=8
- Seedat YK, Rayner BL. South African Hypertension Guideline 2011. S Afr Med J. 2012; 102(1): 57-84.
- Klug EQ, et al. South African Dyslipidaemia Guideline Consensus Statement. S Afr Med J. 2012 March; 102(3): 178-88.

IMCI
- South Africa. Department of Health, WHO: Division of child health and developmen, Unicef.Integrated management of childhood illness. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2011. (Adapted from WHO/Unicef version)

Diabetes
- Amod A, Ascott-Evans BH, Berg GI, Blom DJ, Brown SL, Carrihill MM. The 2012 SEMDSA guideline for the management of Type 2 Diabetes (revised). J Endocrinol Metab Diabetes South Afr. 2012; 17(2 Suppl): s1-s95.

Nutrition
- South Africa. Department of Health. Implementation Guidelines for Nutrition Interventions at health facilities to manage and prevent malnutrition. KwaZulu-Natal: Department of Health; 2013.

Asthma & COPD & Pneumonia
- Abdool-Gaffar MS, Ambaram A, Ainslie GM, Bolliger CT, Feldman C, Geffen L, et al.Guideline for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - 2011 update. S Afr Med J. 2011 Jan; 101(1): 61-73.
- Lalloo UG, Ainslie GM, Abdool-Gaffar MS, Awotedu AA, Feldman C, Greenblatt M, et al.Guideline for the management of acute asthma in adults: 2013 update. S Afr Med J. 2013 Mar; 103(3): 189-198.
- Kling S, Zar HJ, Levin ME, Green RJ, Jeena PM, Risenga SM, et al. Guideline for the management of acute asthma in children: 2013 update. S Afr Med J. 2013 Mar; 103(3): 199-207.
- Zar HJ, Lalloo UG. Acute asthma treatment guidelines: reducing morbidity and mortality in South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2013 Mar; 103(3): 159-60.
- Green RJ, Zar HJ, Jeena PM, Madhi SA, Lewis H. South African guideline for the diagnosis, management and prevention of acute viral bronchiolitis in children. S Afr Med J. 2010; 100(5): 320-5.
- Zar HJ, Jeena P, Argent A, Gie R, Madhi SA. Diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia in childhood - South African Thoracic Society guidelines. S Afr J Epidemiol Infect. 2009; 24(1): 25-36.
- Working Group of the Infectious Diseases Society of South Africa. Updated guideline for the management of upper respiratory tract infections in South Africa: 2008. S Afr J Epidmiol Infect. 2008; 23(4): 27-40.

Meningitis
- Boyles TH, Bamford C, Bateman K, Blumberg L, Dramowski A, Karstaedt A, et al.Guidelines for the management of acute meningitis in children and adults in South Africa. S Afr J Epidemiol Infect. 2013; 28(1): 5-15.
- Govender NP, Meintjes G, Bicanic T, Dawood TS, Jarvis JN, Karstaedt AS, et al. Guideline for the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal meningitis among HIV-infected persons: 2013 update. S Afr J HIV Med. 2013; 14(2): 76-86.
- South Africa. Department of Health. Guidelines for the management, prevention and control of meningococcal disease in South Africa: 2011. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2011.

Malaria
- South Africa. Department of Health. Sub-Committee for Chemoprophylaxis and Therapy (SCAT). Guidelines for the prevention of malaria in South Africa: 2009. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2009.
- South Africa. Department of Health.Malaria Advisory Group (MAG). Guidelines for the treatment of malaria in South Africa: 2009. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2009.
- South Africa. Department of Health. South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC). Guidelines for the treatment of malaria in South Africa-2016. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2016.
- South Africa. Department of Health. South African guidelines for the prevention of malaria 2017. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2017.

Influenza
- Green RJ, Feldman C, Schoub B, Richards GA, Madhi SA, Zar HJ, et al. Influenza guideline for South Africa: update 2008. S Afr Med J. 2008; 98(3): 223-30.

Vaccination
- South Africa. Department of Health. EPI vaccines guidelines: 2010. Pretoria; Dept of Health; 2010.
Children's Act
- Children's Act No. 38 of 2005

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