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WHO-First guidelines on self-care interventions for health
Why is it in news?
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health.
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- Response to estimates: It is 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.
- 1st volume-Focus-Sexual and reproductive health and rights:
- Some of the interventions include self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) and sexually transmitted infections, self-injectable contraceptives, home-based ovulation predictor kits, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing and self-management of medical abortion.
- These guidelines look at the scientific evidence for health benefits of certain interventions that can be done outside the conventional sector.
- Self-care: It is the “the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness and disability with or without the support of a health-care provider”.
- Autonomy and engagement: It adds that self-care interventions represent a significant push towards new and greater self-efficacy, autonomy and engagement in health for self-carers and caregivers.
- Expansion to other self-care interventions: The guidelines will be expanded to include other self-care interventions, including for prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases.
Source
The Hindu