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Female Reproductive Health: Menstrual Hygiene Management #menstrualhygieneday #28thMay ‘Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is defined as ‘Women and adolescent girls using a clean menstrual management material to absorb or collect blood that can be changed in privacy as often as necessary for the duration of the menstruation period, using soap and water for washing the body as required, and having access to facilities to dispose off used menstrual management materials’. (JMP,2012) The Challenge Menstrual hygiene management is a problem for most menstruating girls and women globally, especially in low-income countries. Poor menstrual hygiene management can have adverse effect on girls and women including low self esteem, shame, stigma, stress and not forgetting the various health challenges. Some of the challenges girls and women face are inadequate WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) facilities, lack of social support, inadequate education and inability to access menstrual hygiene m

The ‘yellow babies’ day Jaundice affects about 50% of term babies and 80% of preterm babies. Globally over 100,000 late-preterm and term babies die each year from  jaundice. To achieve the targets of the second goal of the  SDGs  widespread public education must be undertaken on neonatal jaundice. The stifling heat of the NICU was exceptionally intense that day. Sweat poured down my face , my neck and into my  clothes. My glasses kept slipping down my nose. My singlet was totally drenched in sweat and my yellow shirt was going to follow suit if I did not get the iv access  for the jaundiced baby in the next two minutes.I held my breath to increase my accuracy  as I inserted the iv cannula  into the baby’s arm for the tenth time, but my hand shifted slightly and I missed the vein when a nurse blurted out my name that another baby with jaundice had arrived and was having seizures. “Apart from your yellow shirt you must be wearing yellow boxer shorts and singlets.” , s

Female Reproductive Health: The Reproductive Cycle In many parts of the world and in some religions today, the topic of menstruation is seen as a taboo, surrounded by silence and shrouded in myths. Many parents hardly discuss the topic with their young girls and women are ashamed talking about their reproductive and menstrual health; but this process is part of our lives and is absolutely normal! In fact, menstruation or a period occurs approximately four hundred and fifty times during a woman’s lifetime. Menstruation is a normal biological process and it shows that we are women. It should be celebrated everyday and not hidden in shame and disgust. It is therefore important that we understand how our bodies work and how this cycle unfolds. The reproductive cycle  also known as the menstrual cycle refers to the regular cyclical changes that occur in the ovaries and uterus making reproduction possible. It consists of two concurrent processes; the ovarian cycle which involves the producti