Awareness on Menstrual Health
Why is it important to maintain menstrual hygiene? The onset of menstruation is marks as an important physiological change that occurr in girls during their adolescent phase. Menstruation indicates the beginning of physiological maturity among girls. Apart from personal significance, it also has social implications. Menstrual hygiene is a hygienic practice during menstruation which can prevent women from the infection in reproductive and urinary tract. Menstruation and menstrual practices are still clouded by taboos and socio – cultural restrictions resulting in adolescent girls lacking knowledge and remaining ignorant of the scientific facts and hygienic health practices, which sometimes results into adverse health outcomes. Hygiene-related practices of girls during menstruation are of considerable importance, as they're more susceptible to Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI’s) during this period. Poor menstrual hygiene is one of the reasons for the elevated existence of RTIs wit...