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

2. 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.

6. 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

7. 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
WASH-WATER, SANITATION, HYGIENE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE

8. 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

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

11. 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

12. AT A PUBLIC TOILET IN DELHI
VENDING MACHINE FOR PADS
INCINERATOR

13. 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.
INTERLABIALPADS ,MENSTRUAL CUPS,TAMPOONS

14. NEW LOW COST BIODEGRADABLE PADS

15. 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

16. THANK YOU