Clinical management of COVID-19

WHO develops most up-to-date technical guidance for clinical management of COVID-19 patients, including optimized supportive care interventions and therapeutics based on ongoing “living” assessment of new evidence generated by the global community. This work is supported by the Guidelines Development Group. It also:

• Hosts the Global COVID-19 Clinical Data Platform for clinical characterization and management of hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
• Develops COVID-19 Clinical Management training resources for health workers based on the most up-to-date clinical guidance for online or download hosted on the WHO Academy and OpenWHO platforms.
• Hosts the global COVID-19 Clinical Management web series for health workers, health researchers and health policy makers.
• Convenes the Clinical Characterization and Management Research Working Group, to advance clinical research.
• Convenes the Global Clinical Management Network, bringing together front-line clinicians from all over the world, to share expertise and experience in a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange forum.
• Produces tools for Member States to support operational decision making, medical supply forecasting and access for essential medicines and supplies to manage COVID-19 inventory.