The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first\nguidelines on self-care interventions for health in response to an estimate\nthat by 2035 the world will face a shortage of nearly 13 million healthcare\nworkers and the fact that currently at least 400 million people worldwide lack\naccess to the most essential health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its first volume, the guidelines focus on sexual and\nreproductive health and rights. Some of the interventions include self-sampling\nfor human papillomavirus (<\/strong>HPV) and\nsexually transmitted infections, self-injectable contraceptives, home-based\novulation predictor kits, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing and\nself-management of medical abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These guidelines look at the scientific evidence for health\nbenefits of certain interventions that can be done outside the conventional\nsector, although sometimes with the support of a health-care provider. They do\nnot replace high-quality health services nor are they a shortcut to achieving\nuniversal health coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe foresee a future where around 1 in 5 of the world\u2019s\npopulation will be living in settings that are experiencing humanitarian\ncrises, this when the world is witnessing growth in new diagnostics, devices,\ndrugs and digital innovations which are transforming how people interact with\nthe health sector,\u2019\u2019 notes WHO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nExplaining what self-care means, the organisation says that it is the \u201cthe\nability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent\ndisease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without\nthe support of a health-care provider\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Autonomy and\nengagement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It adds that self-care interventions represent a significant\npush towards new and greater self-efficacy, autonomy and engagement in health\nfor self-carers and caregivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIn launching this guideline, WHO recognises how self-care\ninterventions could expand access to health services, including for vulnerable\npopulations. People are increasingly active participants in their own health\ncare and have a right to a greater choice of interventions that meets their\nneeds across their lifetime, but also should be able to access, control, and\nhave affordable options to manage their health and well-being,\u2019\u2019 it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WHO noted that self-care is also a means for people who are\nnegatively affected by gender, political, cultural and power dynamics,\nincluding those who are forcibly displaced, to have access to sexual and\nreproductive health services, as many people are unable to make decisions\naround sexuality and reproduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The guidelines, meanwhile, will be expanded to include other\nself-care interventions, including for prevention and treatment of\nnon-communicable diseases. WHO is establishing a community of practice for\nself-care, and will be promoting research and dialogue in this area during the\nself-care month between June 24 and July 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About WHO: <\/strong> The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health in response to an estimate that by 2035 the world will face a shortage of nearly 13 million healthcare workers and the fact that currently at least 400 million people worldwide lack access to the most essential health services. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[80],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-3201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles","tag-health-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3203,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3201\/revisions\/3203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3201"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=3201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEstablishment: 7 April 1948
\nHeadquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
\nHead: Tedros Adhanom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"