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Menstrual Hygiene Management in Low-Income Countries
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jul 16, 2021
Menstrual hygiene management, or MHM, is a concept that concerns girls' and women’s access to the appropriate information and resources to manage…
MenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsUNICEFUnited Nations and non-member nations
Days for Girls (2008– )
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jun 30, 2021
In 2008, Celeste Mergens founded the organization Days for Girls to address obstacles impeding women’s and girls’ access to sustainable hygiene and…
OrganizationMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 19, 2021
On 5 April 2018, the documentary Period. End of Sentence. premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. In the…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
"Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health Issue" (2015), by Marni Sommer, Jennifer S. Hirsch, Constance Nathanson, and Richard G. Parker
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 17, 2021
In July 2015, Marni Sommer and colleagues published “Comfortably, Safely, and Without Shame: Defining Menstrual Hygiene Management as a Public Health…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstruation--Social aspectsFeminine Hygiene ProductsSanitary napkins
“A Comparison of the Menstruation and Education Experiences of Girls in Tanzania, Ghana, Cambodia, and Ethiopia” (2014), by Marni Sommer, T. Mokoah Nana Ackatia-Armah, Susan Connolly, and Dana Smiles
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Apr 13, 2021
In their 2014 article “A Comparison of the Menstruation and Education Experiences of Girls in Tanzania, Ghana, Cambodia, and Ethiopia,” hereafter “…
LiteratureMenstruationMenstrual CycleFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspects
A Toolkit for Integrating Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) into Humanitarian Response (2017), by Marni Sommer, Margaret Schmitt, and David Clatworthy
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Mar 31, 2021
In October 2017, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City, New York, and the International Rescue Committee published A…
LiteratureRefugee campsWomen refugeesRefugee childrenDisplaced Persons
Thesis: Socioeconomic and Cultural Ideas of Endometriosis in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Literature Review
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Mar 17, 2021
Endometriosis is a condition characterized by the growth of the endometrium, or the tissue that lines the uterus, outside of the uterus, and it is…
EndometriosisMenstruation--Social aspectsMenstruationEducation, MedicalMainstreaming, Education
“Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs” (2017), by Marni Sommer, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, Therese Mahon, Sasha Zients, Meredith Jones, and Bethany A. Caruso
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jan 27, 2021
In “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs,” hereafter “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene,” Marni Sommer,…
LiteratureMenstruation disordersFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsStigmatization
Menstrupedia Comic: The Friendly Guide to Periods for Girls (2014), by Aditi Gupta, Tuhin Paul, and Rajat Mittal
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jun 16, 2020
Menstrupedia published the comic book Menstrupedia Comic: The Friendly Guide to Periods for Girls, hereafter Menstrupedia Comic, in July 2014 in…
LiteratureMenstrual CycleMenstrual cycle in artMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsComic books and children
NovaSure Endometrial Ablation
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Sep 20, 2019
NovaSure is a device for endometrial ablation, which is a procedure that removes the endometrium, that the US Food and Drug Administration, or FDA,…
TechnologyReproductionMenstruationWomen's health servicesmedical technology