India Moves Towards Menstrual Hygiene: A Key Challenge
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Veterinary urban hygiene: a challenge for India.
India is confronted with many hygiene problems in urban areas that are related to animal populations. While some of these issues have been present for many years, others are only now emerging. A livestock census in 2003 and another in 2007 revealed that populations of crossbred cattle, goats and poultry are all increasing in urban areas, since this enables easy market access, which, in turn, re...
متن کاملMenstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis
OBJECTIVES To assess the status of menstrual hygiene management (MHM) among adolescent girls in India to determine unmet needs. DESIGN Systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched PubMed, The Global Health Database, Google Scholar and references for studies published from 2000 to September 2015 on girls' MHM. SETTING India. PARTICIPANTS Adolescent girls. OUTCOME MEASURES Information...
متن کاملIndia towards diabetes control: Key issues.
The problem of mass diabetes is steadily increasing everyday. This editorial introduces key issues that need to be addressed to support the effective control of diabetes in India as well as globally. Issues like awareness generation for risk reduction, frequency of monitoring for selected parameters, standards for monitoring chronic complications in patients with diabetes, and current recommend...
متن کاملMenstrual Hygiene Practices, WASH Access and the Risk of Urogenital Infection in Women from Odisha, India
Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) practices vary worldwide and depend on the individual's socioeconomic status, personal preferences, local traditions and beliefs, and access to water and sanitation resources. MHM practices can be particularly unhygienic and inconvenient for girls and women in poorer settings. Little is known about whether unhygienic MHM practices increase a woman's exposure t...
متن کاملMenstrual Hygiene Management in Resource-Poor Countries
Importance Adequate management of menstrual hygiene is taken for granted in affluent countries; however, inadequate menstrual hygiene is a major problem for girls and women in resource-poor countries, which adversely affects the health and development of adolescent girls. Objective The aim of this article is to review the current evidence concerning menstrual hygiene management in these setti...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2574-1241
DOI: 10.26717/bjstr.2018.08.001652