India, Aug. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHM) is a multidimensional and inter-ministerial issue requiring coordinated action by multiple stakeholder Ministries/Departments and States/Union Territories in accordance with their respective statutory mandates. Under the National Health Mission (NHM), States/UTs are supported for Menstrual Hygiene Schemes based on their proposals in their Annual Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs) as per the regulatory norms.
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare implements the Menstrual Hygiene Scheme (MHS) for promotion of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. The Scheme focuses on awareness generation, access to quality and affordabl...