Jane Wilbur News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Menstrual health is a human right. We will present findings from recent LSHTM research evaluating strategies to improve menstrual health globally.

To mark Menstrual Hygiene Day, researchers will discuss menstrual health and stigma and share examples from a range of projects across the world.   This will be followed by breakout sessions to reflect on personal experiences of menstrual stigma and identify actions we will take to end period stigma and make menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030.  

​​In the last decade there has been growing attention to challenges linked to maintaining menstrual health and hygiene (MHH). Results suggest that poor MHH has been associated with increased risk of urogenital infections, high levels of shame, depression, pain and other adverse social outcomes, such as school participation, performance among other. In this lecture, you will learn why MHH matters, and hear from two speakers sharing research examples in Nepal and Uganda which highlights how interventions can impact girls and women's lives.​ 

Read this issue of our open access journal the IDS Bulletin: Pandemic Perspectives: Why Different Voices and Views Matter.

Menstrual health is increasingly recognised as playing a crucial role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Despite this, menstruation remains widely regarded as a taboo subject, having a knock-on impact on the education, health and wellbeing of women, girls and other people who menstruate.