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Menstrual hygiene: Hospital distributes sanitary pads to students


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Silver Cross Hospital Abuja, in partnership with Ms Ogom Ezedimbu, a journalist with Daar Communications Plc, has donated 500 sanitary pads to the female students of Government Secondary School Garki, Abuja. READ ALSO:FG, stakeholders…

FG, stakeholders collaborate to enhance menstrual hygiene


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Federal Ministry of Women Affairs on Thursday collaborated with  stakeholders to enhance menstrual hygiene among women and girls in Nigeria. They made commitments during the National Dialogue on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management…

NGOs to distribute 5,000 sanitary pads to Bauchi school girls


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A coalition of some non-governmental organisations based in Bauchi State has concluded plans to distribute no fewer than 5,000 sanitary pads to teenage girls in schools and communities in the state. READ ALSO:Anambra state first lady…

NGOs advocate curriculum for menstrual hygiene in schools  


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A coalition of Non-Government Organisations in Bauchi State has called for a curriculum on menstrual health and hygiene in schools for adolescent girls. The Executive Director of Alwadata Lifeline Initiative menstrual health, Mrs Winnifred…

Foundation educates IDPs in Adamawa state on menstrual hygiene


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The Suronsu Foundation on Thursday educated and sensitised people displaced by flood in Goronje and Limawa communities, Yola-North Local Government Area of Adamawa on personal and menstrual hygiene to prevent infections. The foundation also…

Foundation Empowers Girls with Reusable Sanitary Pads, Menstrual Hygiene Education


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A Non-profit Organisation, U-SAVE Foundation, has empowered seven hundred and fifty young girls with reusable sanitary Pads and menstrual education as well as education empowerment, in the Federal Capital Territory. READ ALSO:NGO seeks…

Group trains adolescent girls on reusable pads in Kaduna state


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The World Bank-supported Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN), Kaduna State Project Implementation Unit, has trained adolescent girls on how to make reusable pads. The Project Coordinator, Dr Zainab Muhammad-Idris, who…

Foundation distributes 400 sanitary pads to students 


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The Helpline Foundation for the Needy in Abuja, has distributed sanitary pads to more than 400 female students and donated them to the school dispensary. Making the donation at Government Girls’ Science Secondary School, Kuje, Abuja, over…

Improper waste disposal undermines menstrual hygiene says Expert


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A Medical Expert, Dr. Gbemisola Daramola, has revealed that poor menstrual education, and improper waste disposal both at home and in schools, remains one of the challenges facing the girl-child in Nigeria. He stated this at a sensitisation…

Foundation counsels women in IDP camp on menstrual hygiene


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The Okoroafor Chinaza Ogechi Foundation on Tuesday counselled women and girls to embrace menstrual hygiene. The foundation said this during its sensitisation outreach at the Internally Displaced People camp in Durumi, Abuja, with the theme…