Summary of WHO clinical practice guidelines for influenza

This BMJ Rapid Recommendation is a summary of a World Health Organization guideline published 12 September 2024. The full guideline is available in MAGICapp and in PDF on the WHO website. The WHO guideline is primarily for healthcare providers and takes a patient-centred perspective on benefits and harms. Other considerations include resource implications, acceptability, feasibility, equity, and human rights of relevance to healthcare systems. Recommendations were developed according to standards and methods for trustworthy guidelines by a panel of non-conflicted experts, as delineated in the WHO handbook (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789241548960).