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. 2013 Sep;103(9):1556-9.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301374. Epub 2013 Jul 18.

Overcoming the taboo: advancing the global agenda for menstrual hygiene management for schoolgirls

Marni Sommer  1 , Murat Sahin
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Overcoming the taboo: advancing the global agenda for menstrual hygiene management for schoolgirls

Marni Sommer et al. Am J Public Health. 2013 Sep.
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Tanzania girls reading the puberty book. Photograph by Marni Sommer.
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Sierra Leone girls reading the puberty book developed through support from the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF). Printed with permission of UNICEF.
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References

    1. United Nations Children’s Fund. Raising Clean Hands. New York, NY; 2012.
    1. Kirk J, Sommer M. Menstruation and body awareness: linking girls’ health with girls’ education. Royal Tropical Institute. 2006. Available at: http://www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?ch=fab&id= 5582. Accessed October 12, 2012.
    1. Emory University; United Nations Children’s Fund, Bolivia. Presentation at: Menstrual Hygiene Management Virtual Conference; September 29, 2012. Available at: http://www.unicef.org/wash/schools. Accessed November 28, 2012.
    1. McMahon SA, Winch PJ, Caruso BA, et al. “The girl with her period is the one to hang her head”: reflections on menstrual management among schoolgirls in rural Kenya. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2011;11(7):1–10. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Mahon T, Fernandes M. Menstrual hygiene in South Asia: a neglected issue for WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programs. Gend Dev. 2010;18(1):99–113.

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