WHO online consultation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: Planning for rapid dissemination and implementation of the WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions to strengthen sexual and reproductive health and rights in the African Region
The World Health Organization (WHO) published the first Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). This “living” guideline has been disseminated and adopted in the African Region through a series of regional and national workshops. The need for self-care interventions is accentuated by the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has had an impact on access to and provision of essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), Headquarters (WHO/HQ) and the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) will hold a series of virtual consultations to convene national and regional stakeholders in the African Region to discuss opportunities and challenges for rapid introduction, scale-up of recommendations and good practices in the implementation of the WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for current and post- COVID-19 contexts.
