By which the technical parameters are established for the operation of Breastfeeding-Friendly Rooms in the Workplace, and other provisions are enacted.
Publication Date: 15/04/2026
Document publication date: 13 april 2026
Language: Spanish
Author: Ministerio de salud y protección social de Colombia
The objective is to ensure clarity of responsibilities, the technical adequacy of the rooms, and the effective protection of breastfeeding as a priority public health promotion strategy.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026
Publication Date: 07/04/2026
Document publication date: 23 march 2026
Language: English
Author: Weiss, Scott L. MD, MSCE, FCCM; Peters, Mark J. MBChB, PhD; Oczkowski, Simon J. W. MD; Belley-Cote, Emilie MD, PhD; Buysse, Corinne MD, PhD; Choong, Karen L. M. MD; Deep, Akash MD; et al.
The objetive is to update evidence-based management recommendations for clinicians caring for children (including infants, school-aged children, and adoles cents) with sepsis or septic shock.
External Circular 0010 of 2026: Guidelines for strengthening actions within the framework of the acceleration plan for the reduction of maternal mortality (PAREMM) and the plan for reducing mortality among boys and girls in early childhood
Publication Date: 31/03/2026
Document publication date: 26 march 2026
Language: Spanish
Author: Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Colombia
This circular aims to guide the actions of territorial entities to reduce maternal deaths and mortality in early childhood.
Resolution 117 of 2026: By means of which Technical Annex 1 of Resolution 207 of 2024 is updated, “By which the technical and operational guidelines for the Neonatal Screening Program are adopted.”
Publication Date: 26/03/2026
Document publication date: 27 january 2026
Language: Spanish
Author: Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social Colombia
The purpose of this resolution is to update Technical Annex 1, which defines the “Technical and operational guidelines for the Neonatal Screening Program,” and which forms an integral part of Resolution 207 of 2024, in accordance with the considerations set forth in this administrative act.
Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
Publication Date: 24/03/2026
Document publication date: updated november 2025
Language: English
Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention
The 2025 update of the Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention incorporates new scientific information on asthma, based on a review of recent scientific literature conducted by an international panel of experts from the GINA Scientific Committee.
Updates in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Publication Date: 24/03/2026
Document publication date: 22 October 2025
Language: Spanish
American Heart Association
On October 22, 2025, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) presented the new Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS 2025) Guidelines.
WHO recommendations for routine immunization – summary tables
Publication Date: 23/03/2026
Document publication date: updated: December 2025
Language: English
World Health Organization
In order to assist programme managers develop optimal immunization schedules WHO has compiled key information on its current routine immunization recommendations into four summary tables.
National Strategy for Comprehensive Health Care for People with Suicidal Behavior in Colombia
Publication Date: 03/03/2026
Document publication date: 26/02/2026
Language: Spanish
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social (Colombia)
Establishes the strategy for mitigating suicidal behavior, enabling actions for mental health promotion, prevention, and care of individuals with suicidal behavior and their families, from the health sector and in coordination with other territorial stakeholders
AI prompt design for public health
Publication Date: 25/02/2026
Document publication date: 05/10/2025
Language: English
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Propose the basic elements that an artificial intelligence prompt should include (purpose, audience, format, style, and context) to generate the highest-quality information in public health.
Guidelines to be incorporated into the contingency plans of each territorial entity and the stakeholders of the General System of Social Security in Health, for the preparation against health impacts derived from events caused by the recurring entry of cold fronts into the national territory, Colombia
Publication Date: 17/02/2026
Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
Establish the guidelines that territorial entities and other stakeholders of the health system must take into account due to the multiple cold fronts in Colombia
The modification applies to Annexes 1 and 2 of Resolution 986 of 2023, through which the guidelines for the application of COVID-19 vaccines in Colombia were established
Publication Date: 10/02/2026
Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
It modifies Annex 1, “Technical and operational guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination,” and Annex 2, “Informed consent for the administration of the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccine.”
Resolution No. 116 of 2026, whereby the lists of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, precursors, and other substances subject to control in Colombia are updated
Publication Date: 08/02/2026
Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Colombia
It updates and consolidates, in a single administrative act, the lists of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and drug precursors subject to control in Colombia, those classified as a State monopoly, and special control medicines for human and veterinary use.
Amendment of Resolution 2350 of 2020 and its technical annex, ‘Technical Guidelines for the Comprehensive Management of Acute, Moderate, and Severe Malnutrition in Children from Zero (0) to 59 Months of Age’
Publication Date: 02/02/2026
Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11 of Resolution 2350 of 2020, as well as its technical annex entitled ‘Technical Guidelines for the Comprehensive Management of Acute, Moderate, and Severe Malnutrition in Children from 0 to 59 Months of Age,’ are amended to promote access to social programs and complementary strategies that contribute to the recovery and maintenance of the health and nutritional status of the children served
The National Plan for the Elimination and Maintenance of the Elimination of Communicable Diseases and Priority Conditions is adopted
Publication Date: 27/01/2026
Elimination of communicable diseases: Cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), Chagas disease through vectorial and transfusional transmission, malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, visceral leishmaniasis, yellow fever – urban outbreaks, human rabies transmitted by dogs, geohelminthiasis, trachoma, yaws, leprosy, tuberculosis, and mother-to-child transmission of: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), congenital syphilis, hepatitis B virus, and congenital Chagas disease. Maintenance of elimination of: poliomyelitis, measles, rubella, congenital rubella syndrome, neonatal tetanus, and onchocerciasis. Elimination of the priority environmental condition: Use of polluting biomass indoors. This plan is implemented within the framework of the National Firewood Substitution Plan (PNSL), which is led by the Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) of the Ministry of Mines and Energy
Guidelines for the administration of yellow fever vaccine booster doses within the framework of the health emergency in Colombia
Publication Date: 26/01/2026
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS), in the exercise of its functions as the governing body of the Health Sector, responsible for the direction, guidance, and management of the Health System, considers it necessary to issue this External Circular and provide the following mandatory guidelines for the recipients, in order to offer protection to pregnant women residing in or traveling through areas of very high viral circulation and active outbreaks with human cases or epizootics of yellow fever