List of Ongoing International Guideline Development Projects

The ongoing international guideline development efforts in which members of the AUB GRADE Center are currently involved in:

• Guidelines on Health-related Rehabilitation being developed by the WHO;
• Guidelines on Potassium Iodide Thyroid Blocking in Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies being developed by the WHO;
• Guidelines on Community based practitioners' integration being developed by the WHO;
• Guidelines on Enhancing Preparedness for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever being developed by the WHO;
• Clinical Practice Guidelines on Venous Thromboembolism being developed by the American Society of Haematology (ASH);
• Adaptation of Rheumatoid Arthritis Guidelines for the Eastern Mediterranean Region being developed by Weill Cornell Medical College- Qatar and the Middle East Rheumatoid Arthritis Consortium (MERAC);
• Pilot Guideline on Sickle Cell Disease being developed by RARE Best Practices;
• Evidence Based Infectious Diseases Guidance for newly arriving migrants to the European Union being developed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). 

List of Completed International Guideline Development Projects

The international guideline development efforts in which members of the AUB GRADE Center have recently been involved in: 

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis and Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis, developed by the American College of Rheumatology, Link;

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis, developed by the American  College of Rheumatology, Link;

• Guidelines for the Treatment of Thromboembolic diseases, developed by the American College of Chest Physicians, Link;

• World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines for the Verification of Elimination of Human Onchocerciasis, Link.

The World Health Organisation Guidelines on Health-related Rehabilitation

The Assistant Director of the AUB GRADE Center, Dr. Andrea Darzi, recently served as the methodologist for the development of the WHO Guidelines for Health-related Rehabilitation. The meeting took place at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 16-17 March 2016.