Menstrual hygiene and health - a call for dignity, rights and empowerment

Authors: Rt. Hon. Helen Clark, PMNCH Board Chair and former Prime Minister of New Zealand; and Mr. Elhadj As Sy, Chair of the Board of the Kofi Annan Foundation and Chair, Advisory Group of the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund/WSSCC First published in The Guardian We stand as advocates for addressing women ’s issues. Because gender equity is so closely linked to health, we also see the achievement of universal health coverage - the need for which has only been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic - as a global priority. We therefore take the opportunity ofMenstrual Hygiene Day– 28 May – to highlight an unacceptable crisis: girls’ and women’s health issues with regards to stigma, taboo and lack of knowledge about menstruation, and unmet needs for essential health interventions and access to sanitation and hygiene systems.
Source: WHO Maternal, Newborn and Child Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: child health [subject], children's health, children, young child, child Source Type: news