World is facing shortage of Doctors, nurses, technicians and other Health care staffs or providers along with the hospitals and health centers. 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 its first volume, the guidelines focus on 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…
