id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-339327-4422s317 Norris, Susan L. An evaluation of emergency guidelines issued by the World Health Organization in response to four infectious disease outbreaks 2018-05-30 .txt text/plain 3690 169 43 For guidelines, the methods for development were incompletely reported; WHO's quality assurance process was rarely used; systematic or other evidence reviews were infrequently referenced; external peer review was not performed; and they scored poorly with AGREE II, particularly for rigour of development and editorial independence. For guidelines, the methods for development were incompletely reported; WHO's quality assurance process was rarely used; systematic or other evidence reviews were infrequently referenced; external peer review was not performed; and they scored poorly with AGREE II, particularly for rigour of development and editorial independence. WHO quality standards dictate that guidelines must address a critical public health problem, use transparent and explicit processes minimizing potential sources of bias such as conflicts of interest, include diverse perspectives in the guideline development group, reflect the current state of the evidence, and provide a clear link between the evidence and recommendations taking into consideration the balance of benefits and harms of interventions and other important considerations [2] . ./cache/cord-339327-4422s317.txt ./txt/cord-339327-4422s317.txt