The primary goal of the guidelines is to improve the quality of care and outcomes for pregnant women undergoing induction of labour in under-resourced settings. The target audience of these guidelines includes obstetricians, midwives, general medical practitioners, health-care managers and public health policy-makers.The guidance provided is evidence-based and covers selected topics related to induction of labour that were regarded as critical priority questions by an international, multidisciplinary group of health-care workers, consumers and other stakeholders.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Executive Summary
• 1. Background
  • Induction of labour
  • Rationale and objectives
  • Target audience
  • Scope of the recommendations
  • Persons affected by the recommendations
• 2. Methods
  • Contributors to the guideline
  • Identification of critical outcomes
  • Evidence identification and retrieval
  • Certainty assessment and grading of the evidence
  • Formulation of recommendations
  • Declaration of interests by external contributors
  • Decision-making during the Guideline Development Group meeting
  • Document preparation
  • Peer review
• 3. Recommendations and Supporting Evidence
• 4. Dissemination and Implementation of the Recommendations
  • Recommendation dissemination and evaluation
  • Implementation considerations
• 5. Research Implications
• 6. Applicability Issues
  • Anticipated impact on the organization of care and resources
  • Monitoring and evaluating guideline implementation
• 7. Updating the Recommendations
• References
• Annex 1. External Experts and WHO Staff Involved in the Preparation of the Guidelines
• Annex 2. Priority Outcomes for Decision-Making
• Annex 3. Summary and Management of Declared Interests from GDG Members
• Annex 4. Evidence to Decision Framework
• Annex 5. GRADE Tables

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WHO recommendations: induction of labour at or beyond term. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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