In a bid to help adolescent girls living in slums, the Delhi government’s department of health will provide a pack of sanitary napkins to 50,000 girls per month at subsidised rates. The ‘Menstrual Hygiene Scheme’, an initiative by the central government, will be implemented for the first time in Delhi next month.
Girls studying in Delhi government schools are already provided sanitary napkins by the department of education (DoE) free of cost.
“The aim of the scheme is to spread awareness among girls who are not able to go to school due to certain circumstances. A pack of six napkins at a cost of Rs 6 will be offered to girls coming to anganwadi centres,” said Dr Nutan Mundeja, director, Delhi State Health Mission.
Read more of this in a report by Astha Saxena published in The Indian Express...
