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The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to the Free Medicine Scheme, which will also be spent on menstrual hygiene products.
This Menstrual Hygiene Day, observed globally on May 28, it is more important than ever to highlight the importance of investing in adolescent health.
Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely impacted menstrual health in India by cutting off access to free sanitary napkins.
New Delhi: The Rajasthan government allocated Rs 200 crore to the Free Medicine Scheme, which will also be spent on menstrual hygiene products. This Menstrual Hygiene Day, observed globally on May 28, it is more important than ever to highlight the importance of investing in adolescent health and well-being and break taboos around menstruation.
Menstrual Health Management: A Human Rights Issue? indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In Photos: Through Games and Races, Girls in KGBV Schools Are Learning About Menstrual Hygiene
This visual story was shot in 2019 under The WASH Photo Project and was first published on Social & Political Research Foundation(SPRF). Headquartered in New Delhi, SPRF is a young policy think tank seeking to make public policy research holistic and accessible. Buzz | | December 18, 2020, 8:09 pm
1/ 8 In India, the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Rural), Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), and the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme under the National Health Mission, have been working towards awareness programmes, accessible hygiene products and sanitation facilities, and making schools/communities MHM friendly. Yet, according to research, only 48% of the adolescent girls in India are aware of menstruation before their first period and 23% drop out on reaching puberty because of the inability to access menstrual hygiene products and the lack of clean toilets and water, whi
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