Part II: The Standard Treatment Guideline (STG)

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Standard Treatment Guidelines provide standardized guidance to health professionals on diagnosis  and treatments. It provides invaluable assistance to practitioners especially those with lower skills or  new in the field. STG are systematically developed statements to assist practitioners/prescribers in  making decisions about appropriate treatment for specific clinical conditions. The statements contain  information on: clinical conditions, diagnosis criteria, non- pharmacological, medicines of choice (and  alternatives)        for                    the                            medical     condition, important      prescribing                            information—dose,   duration,  contraindications, side effects, warnings, medicine interactions and the referral criteria. 

The  STGs  should  be  updated  regularly  to  reflect  changes  in  accepted  treatment  strategies.  The  2021  edition  of  STG  have  been  updated  to  reflect  new  therapeutic  options  and  to  include  new  emerging  diseases.  In  the  development  process,  the  use  of  evidence-based  medicine  was  overemphasized  and  each  chapter  was  revised  by  a  Lead  Reviewer,  an  expert  on  the  specific  disease condition. The STG has covered the priority disease conditions in the country arranged in  twenty-six chapters namely: 

  • Emergency and Critical Care
  • Anaesthesia
  • Haematological Disease  Conditions
  • Notifiable Diseases
  • Malaria
  • HIV/AIDS
  • TB and Leprosy
  • Nervous Disease  Conditions
  • Respiratory Disease Conditions
  • Gastrointestinal Disease Conditions
  • Obstetrics, Gynaecology  and Contraception
  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Skin Disease and Allergic Reactions
  • Eye Disease Conditions
  • Oral and Dental Conditions
  • Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
  • Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Trauma and Injuries
  • Metabolic  and Endocrine Disease Conditions
  • Kidney and Urological Disorders
  • Malignant Disease Conditions
  • Mental Health Conditions
  • Nutrition Disorders
  • Poisoning

Note 

  • All  medicines  indicated  for  treatment  of  various  diseases  in  the  STG  are  listed  in  the NEMLIT. 
  • The referral criteria in the STG meant to refer the patient to the next level of care; with the fact that expertise to manage a patient/diagnosis capacity may lack at that level.