# WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids (2022)

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## In plain language

WHO's 2022 advice on giving steroid injections to pregnant women who are likely to give birth early.

## Technical summary

WHO guideline, 2022. ISBN 978-92-4-005729-6 (electronic). Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. It replaces the antenatal corticosteroid advice in WHO's 2015 recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes.

## Connected pages

- Issued by: World Health Organization (`maternal:who`)
- Cites the ACTION-I primary report (reference 20): ACTION-I primary results, NEJM 2020 (`maternal:pub-action-i-nejm-2020`)

## Provenance

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Last substantive edit: 2026-10-12
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