Menstrual hygiene, management, and waste disposal: Practices and challenges faced by girls/women of developing countries

Menstrual hygiene, management, and waste disposal: Practices and challenges faced by girls/women of developing countries [1]

Menstruation and menstrual practices still face many social, cultural, and religious restrictions which are a big barrier in the path of menstrual hygiene management. In many parts of the country especially in rural areas girls are not prepared and aware about menstruation so they face many difficulties and challenges at home, schools, and work places. While reviewing literature, we found that little, inaccurate, or incomplete knowledge about menstruation is a great hindrance in the path of personal and menstrual hygiene management. Girls and women have very less or no knowledge about reproductive tract infections caused due to ignorance of personal hygiene during menstruation time. In rural areas, women do not have access to sanitary products or they know very little about the types and method of using them or are unable to afford such products due to high cost. So, they mostly rely on reusable cloth pads which they wash and use again.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date:

20/02/2018

Author(s): Rajanbir Kaur [3], Kanwaljit Kaur [4], Rajinder Kaur [5]

Source: Journal of Environmental and Public Health [6]

pp:

1-10

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