CHALLENGES BEST PRACTICES ON MENSTRUAL AWARENESS HEALTH HYGIENE

CHALLENGES & BEST PRACTICES ON MENSTRUAL AWARENESS, HEALTH & HYGIENE Anjali Dabral Department of Obs. And Gynae. VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE SIGN OF A WOMAN’S FERTILITY AND GOOD HEALTH BIG ROLE IN DECIDING POLITICAL CAREER OF ROYAL WOMEN IN CHRISTIAN EUROPE IN INDIA RELIGIOUS – SOCIAL TABOOS CONSIDERED IMPURE. PURANS --- MENSTRUAL BLOOD IS IMPURE , AS ITS THE RESULT OF A nutrilizing a CURSE ON INDRA DEVTA FOR KILLING A BRAHMIN.

CONSEQUENCES OF POOR MENSTRUAL HYGIENE INCREASE INCIDENCE OF RTI (B V, PID, STD) URINARY TRACT INFECTION ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOME PRE TERM LABOUR PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESS AND EXPOSURE TO GENDER BASED SEXUAL VIOLENCE. And Enequality

CHALLENGES CHANGING MINDSET BY DISPELLING DOUBT AND REMOVING MISCONCEPTION SENSITISATION ABOUT A NORMAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESS AND CREATING AWARENESS AT ALL LEVELS OF SOCIETY AVAILABILITY OF FUNCTIONING TOILETS AND WATER (WASH) AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE , BIODEGREDABLE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS & WASTE DISPOSAL OF MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS

ADVANCES cont. . � MHM RESPONCE-CROSS SECTORIAL, HEALTH, EDUCATION � MEDIA TO CREAT AWARENESS AND SENSITIZATION � ENVIORNMENT OF SUPPORT ACROSS COMMUNITY AND IN SCHOOLS BY PROGRAM ON ADOLESCENT HEALTH. � AVAILIBILITY OF LOW COST AFFORDABLEEE MENTRUAL DEVICES AND DISPOSABLE --- CLAY INCINERATORS

ADVANCES � APPROPRIATE � FEMALE WASH FACILITY AND PRIVACY FRIENDLY FUCTIONAL TOILETS � EMERGENCY SUPPLY OF SANITARY PADS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION � PAD VENDING MACHINES IN PUBLIC PLACES AND HOSPITALS

INCINERATORS CLAY AND CEMENT INCINERATORS MADE BY VATSALYA FOUNDATION USED IN GUJRAT VILLAGES. DESIGNED SWATI AND NAMED AS ASHUDHI NASHAK IT BURNS WITHOUT SMOKE CREATION ECO FRIENDLY AND CHEAP FOR RURAL WOMEN , WHO FIND DISPOSING THE PADS A DIFFICULTY

AT A PUBLIC TOILET IN DELHI VENDING MACHINE FOR PADS INCINERATOR

ADVANCES IN COMMERCIAL PADS � DISPOSABLE COMMERCIAL PADS REUSABLE CLOTH, PADS MADE FROM - BANANA TREE FIBRES, -SEA SPONGE, WATER HYACINTH ( JANI), - WOOL LOW COST BANNANA TREE FIBER SANITARY PADS SOLD BY TRADE NAME OF SAATHI IN INDIA , THEY ARE ECO FRIENDLY AND DECOMPOSE IN SIX MONTHS. Ø INTERLABIALPADS , MENSTRUAL CUPS, TAMPOONS

NEW LOW COST BIODEGRADABLE PADS

GOVERMENT POLICIES SWACH BHARAT MISSION RASTRIYA KISHOR SWATHYA KARYAKRAM SARV SIKSHA ABHIYAN SABLA AIMING TO IMPROVE FEMALE EMPOWERMENT TO IMPROVE SANITARY HEALTH ULTIMATELY IMPROVING GENDER EQUALITY AND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS TO SAFE HEALTH

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