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. 2022 Mar 22;34(3):483-502.
doi: 10.1080/19317611.2022.2050874. eCollection 2022.

A Systematic Review of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM) as a Human Right for Adolescents Girls

Suruchi Sood  1 , Sarah Stevens  1 , Maho Okumura  1 , Michael Hauer  1 , Astha Ramaiya  2
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A Systematic Review of Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM) as a Human Right for Adolescents Girls

Suruchi Sood et al. Int J Sex Health. .

Abstract

Despite its relationship with several development issues and sexual health, menstrual health and hygiene management among adolescents have until recently been ignored by practitioners and researchers. This paper is a systematic review of existing literature and argues that menstrual health and hygiene management is a human rights issue. 28,745 articles were screened, with 84 articles included in the full-text review and quality assessment. The results indicate that using a cross-cutting, human rights framework to address inadequate menstrual health and hygiene management is fundamental to promoting menstrual health and hygiene management with dignity among girls and women across the globe.

Keywords: Menstrual health and hygiene management; adolescent girls; human rights; menstrual hygiene management.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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Health and Human Rights framework adapted from Neumeyer (82).
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Systematic outline of the review process.
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Conceptual framework of MHHM with a human rights approach.
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