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First East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Improving Menstrual Health Management for Adolescent Girls and Women

First East and Southern Africa Regional Symposium on Improving Menstrual Health Management for Adolescent Girls and Women

UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office and the Department of Women in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa co-hosted the first East and Southern African Symposium on Menstrual Health Management from 28 to 29 May 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This historic meeting of committed professionals was an important step towards consolidating support for strengthening MHM in the region. Download Publication

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Guidance on Monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene

Guidance on Monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene

We are proud to share this new Guidance on Monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene by UNICEF, which we contributed to.  The purpose of this guide is to support the development and/or improvement of Menstrual Health and Hygiene monitoring, by highlighting basic principles (including ethical considerations) and example questions to monitor the various elements of MHM. The questions and the wider guidance are not intended to be comprehensive or prescriptive; rather, they represent practical suggestions for monitoring Menstrual Health and Hygiene, based on sector experiences and the best available information at the time of publication.

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