Reusable sanitary towels: promoting menstrual hygiene in post-earthquake Nepal
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It is a normal human tendency to ‘run for your life’ when an earthquake occurs. Adolescent girls and women of reproductive age leave their homes with only the clothes they are wearing to save their own and their families' lives. Immediate disaster relief aid with its (unintentional) lack of gender sensitivity has little or no materials for the appropriate management of menstrual hygiene. The biological needs of disaster-affected women will not change despite the dire need for basic food, shelter and security. Timely identification and preparation beforehand with appropriate and culturally sensitive techniques and locally available materials that are reusable can help introduce sustainable and acceptable means of managing menstrual hygiene in a crisis. The use of reusable sanitary towels is well accepted for menstrual hygiene management in non-disaster situations and is appropriate in post-earthquake relief in Nepal.
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There is limited evidence on menstrual hygiene management in humanitarian settings and especially in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal.
“Further, there is limited evidence of menstrual hygiene management in humanitarian settings.”
From Menstrual hygiene management among women and adolescent girls in the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal (2018) · cites this paper as [13]
Immediate measures during disasters are considered possible using locally available cloth as adsorbents.
“Immediate measures during disasters are considered possible using locally available cloth as adsorbents [13].”
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“25,38,39 Broad statements about acceptability of products, in particular reusable cloth for displaced populations, 21 should be reviewed critically, as generalized statements can lead to assumptions that populations do not need to be consulted when designing interventions.”
Background
- Authors
- Budhathoki, S. S., Bhattachan, M., Pokharel, P. K., Bhadra, M., & van Teijlingen, E.
- Affiliations
- B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (NP)
- DanChurchAid (NP)
- Faculty of Health & Social Sciences Care, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK
- Corresponding author
- Budhathoki, Shyam Sundar
- Venue
- Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2016-08-09
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 157-159
- ISSN
- 1471-1893 (ISSN-L)
- 2045-2098
- OpenAlex
- W2491941520
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 4 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 2.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Bournemouth University Research Online (Bournemouth University) (acceptedVersion)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Emergency Medical Services › Disaster Response and Management
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Disaster Management and Resilience
- Keywords
- menstrual hygiene management, earthquake relief, disaster relief, adolescent girls, women of reproductive age, culturally sensitive health promotion, local materials, Nepal
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