Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended against
Conditional
(Identification of intimate partner violence) “Universal screening” or “routine enquiry” (i.e. asking women in all health-care encounters) should not be implemented.
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines
WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience
Consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services, 2019
WHO Guidelines for the health sector response to child maltreatment
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
WHO recommendations on maternal health: guidelines approved by the WHO Guidelines Review Committee, second edition. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2025
Consolidated guidelines on differentiated HIV testing services.