【世界卫生组织-2025研报】Value of self-care for advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights.pdfVIP

Valueofself-care

foradvancingsexual

andreproductive

healthandrightsMorethan4.5billionpeoplelackaccesstoessential

healthservices,includingforSRHR(1).Someofthe

self-careinterventionsandactionsthatcanhelp

expandaccesstoSRHservicesinclude:

● ovulationpredictorkits

Understandingself-care

● pregnancytests

● HIVself-testing

Self-carereferstotheabilityofindividuals,familiesand● STIself-samplingorself-testing

communitiestopromotehealth,preventdisease,maintain

healthandcopewithillness,withorwithoutthesupport● self-samplingtoscreenforhumanpapillomavirus(HPV)

ofahealthorcareworker.Self-caredoesnotreplace● self-managementofmedicalabortioninthefirst

healthandcareworkersbutitprovidescomplementary,trimester

additional,acceptableandevidence-basedoptions.● self-administeredinjectablecontraception(DMPA-SC)

Inthecontextofsexualandreproductivehealthandrights● over-the-counteraccesstocontraception,including

(SRHR),self-careactionsandself-careinterventionscanemergencycontraception

empowerpeopletomanagetheirSRHautonomously.

● medicaldevicestomonitorbloodpressureandblood

Self-carecansupportadvancingprimaryhealthcareand