{"id":29262,"date":"2019-07-09T16:17:35","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T16:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29262"},"modified":"2020-03-26T16:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T16:20:16","slug":"celebrating-self-care-month-six-ways-fhi-360-is-advancing-the-self-care-agenda-for-sexual-and-reproductive-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/news\/celebrating-self-care-month-six-ways-fhi-360-is-advancing-the-self-care-agenda-for-sexual-and-reproductive-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating self-care month: Six ways FHI 360 is advancing the self-care agenda for sexual and reproductive health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self-management. Self-testing. Self-awareness. These are three pillars of self-care interventions that can help promote the sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) of women, men, and youth according to\u00a0<a class=\"ar ev fv fw fx fy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/publications\/self-care-interventions\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">new guidelines<\/a>\u00a0released by the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO defines self-care as \u201cthe 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 healthcare provider.\u201d Self-care as part of reproductive health is not a new concept. Throughout history, people have sought to control their fertility. However, in the context of a global\u00a0<a class=\"ar ev fv fw fx fy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/news\/releases\/2013\/health-workforce-shortage\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">shortage<\/a>\u00a0of trained healthcare workers and with an\u00a0<a class=\"ar ev fv fw fx fy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.guttmacher.org\/infographic\/2017\/unmet-need-modern-contraception-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">estimated 214 million<\/a>\u00a0women in developing countries who still have an unmet need for contraception, both new and existing SRHR self-care interventions can play a critical role in helping close the gap while at the same time empowering individuals to take control of their health.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@katerad\/celebrating-self-care-month-six-ways-fhi-360-is-advancing-the-self-care-agenda-for-sexual-and-e0d8c32ef8e2\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_practice_areas":[],"related_countries":[],"related_projects":[1997],"news_category":[1405],"class_list":["post-29262","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","related_projects-self-care-trailblazer-group","news_category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related_practice_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_practice_areas?post=29262"},{"taxonomy":"related_countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_countries?post=29262"},{"taxonomy":"related_projects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_projects?post=29262"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=29262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}