Concerns Over 27% of Girls Missing School Due to Lack of Menstrual Hygiene Essentials

TLDR

• Deputy Minister for Health Dr Florence Samizi was quoted on May 31 as saying that more than 27 per cent of girls in Tanzania miss school due to a lack of menstrual hygiene essentials, including sanitary pads.Dr Samizi.
• A New initiative in Kilimanjaro Region is seeking to reduce school absenteeism among girls by equipping them with skills to make reusable sanitary pads while promoting environmentally friendly menstrual hygiene.
• We hope that when constructing toilet stance blocks for girls, they will also include changing facilities,” she said.Zulfa Gadiye, a student at Nuru Secondary School in Siha District, said the economic difficulties.