Nigeria, Aug. 16 -- The Nigerian government has taken a major step toward improving menstrual health and hygiene for women and girls with the validation of its first-ever National Policy on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management (MHHM).

Speaking at the validation meeting in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim described the policy as a decisive step toward building a Nigeria where menstruation does not limit any woman or girl child.

Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Maryam Ismaila Keshinro, said Nigeria has one of the largest populations of women and girls of reproductive and menstrual age in Africa.

She noted that women aged 1...