1st ILE Africa Thematic Session on Menstrual Health and Hygiene in WinS

This presentation was used in one of the thematic sessions of the first African WinS ILE on MHH on WinS.

The overall objective of the session was to identify and advocate for common policy priorities as well as programmatic and policy shifts to advance menstrual health & hygiene (MHH) in African countries through Education and WASH sectors. These would be based on lessons learned from initiatives in African countries in recent years and building on existing continental/regional platforms. Specific policy recommendations regarding intersectoral collaboration & institutional coordination, monitoring and evaluation, effective WASH services, and regulative practices related to MHH programming that governments could pursue were and discussed. Furthermore, concrete mechanisms to encourage ownership of the MHH agenda policies at the highest levels of government and by all relevant stakeholders were also identified.