The Clinical Guidelines and Protocols dashboard maps official recommendations from PAHO and WHO, compiling over 300 guidelines, protocols and clinical pathways from 22 countries up to 2025. These guidelines and protocols range from clinical flowcharts for managing patients with diabetes, hypertension, and respiratory diseases to recommendations for integrated care of multiple comorbidities in primary care. By consolidating regional and national guidance, the dashboard highlights both similarities and differences across documents, allowing users to compare clinical algorithms, care pathways, and referral criteria adopted in various contexts.
In addition to providing easy access to the full texts, the dashboard flags which guidelines have been officially adopted in each country and points out gaps in updates or standardization. This approach simplifies the search for the most recent protocols and facilitates evaluation of their alignment with the objectives of the Better Care Initiative, while revealing opportunities to harmonize clinical practices among member states. Emphasizing the immediate priority of standardizing clinical algorithms, this resource supports both the technical quality of care and the training of health teams as well as the development of decision support tools based on evidence.
By making the geography of guidelines, their versions, and their distinctions available in one place, this dashboard becomes an indispensable resource for policymakers, program managers, and health professionals. It provides the foundation for drafting national guides, developing standardized training programs, and integrating digital protocols into electronic health record systems. In doing so, it contributes to strengthening primary care by promoting consistency and continuous updating of clinical practices, ensuring that patients throughout the Americas receive safe, effective care grounded in the best available evidence.