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  • #WeAreCommitted: Celebrating Women’s Empowerment on Menstrual Hygiene Day
    Blog
    You want to keep your period a secret so that people do not discuss or gossip about you and people start looking at you funnily. — Textile manufacturing employee, Kenya
  • Menstrual Health and Hygiene Technical Brief
    Brief
    Approximately 500 million people worldwide face barriers to managing their menstruation in a safe, healthy and dignified manner; these challenges are most acute in the low- and middle-income countries in which USAID works.
  • Six Ways USAID is Committing to Menstrual Health
    Blog
    USAID is committed to ensuring all menstruators can safely engage in all facets of their lives with dignity and confidence.
  • Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022
    Intl Campaign Day
    Menstrual Hygiene Day, recognized annually on May 28, is a global advocacy day that brings together the voices and actions of non-profits, government agencies, individuals, the private sector and the media to promote good
  • Equipping Schools With Girl-Friendly Toilets
    Blog
    In Uganda, the Rotary-USAID partnership is, among other things, helping schools offer all their students adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities by constructing
  • Supporting Schools in Making Menstrual Hygiene Pads
    Blog
    When Hammidah Nattabi started to menstruate at age 13 while attending Ndoddo Church of Uganda Primary School, she did not know what to do and eventually turned to tell her mother.
  • Meet Three USAID Champions Advocating for Menstrual Health and Hygiene Around the World
    Blog
    This year’s Menstrual Hygiene Day theme is #WeAreCommitted, shifting from calling for action to leading by example by committing to action.
  • Good WASH = Good Healthcare
    Blog
    Many governments and maternal and child health promoters have been urging pregnant women to deliver their babies at a healthcare facility rather than at home, with the intent of improving childbirth outcomes.
  • Using Wastewater Surveillance to Monitor COVID-19
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    As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, many national and local governments are turning to a surprising source of data to track the latest surge of the virus: pathogens in the wastewater in their sewage systems.
  • Innovations from India
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