Interventions to Improve Menstrual Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Do We Know What Works?

Abstract

Within the context of growing recognition of the importance of menstruation in women’s lives and the resulting expansion of interventions to address menstrual needs, Hennegan takes a step back to look beneath the enthusiasm and best intentions and explore whether these interventions are actually effective. She finds that most efforts are untested, and that there is limited evidence to inform effective practice. She then provides a critical analysis of the evidence for menstrual health interventions in low- and middle-income countries, and concludes with a discussion of the approaches that have been trialed to date, their findings, key gaps, and pathways forward.