News:
May 30, 2018
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Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resource in collaboration with Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) Sanitation and Waster project have marked menstrual hygiene day celebration in Tema.
It was under the theme, “Empowering women and girls through menstrual hygiene management” and brought together young girls within the Tema Metropolitan basic schools. Queen mothers and medical personnel took turn to educate mostly young girls on their reproductive health and how to attend to their menstrual hygiene, at the Chemu Senior High school assembly hall in Tema. Deputy Director of Environmental Health and Sanitation Management at the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, Kweku Quashie in an interview pointed out that if water is provided at the basic schools, it would help reduce school dropout among girls because of challenges with menstruation. He added that the Ministry is in charge of hygiene and has a role to play in celebrating menstrual day and further called on the various Assemblies to help provide sanitation and water in their basic schools. In the rural areas girls run away from school when they are in their menses, because there are no facilities like decent washrooms and change over rooms for them to use, he said. Mr. Kweku Quashie indicated that the Ministry in collaboration with GAMA has provided toilet facilities for some basic schools within the 11 GAMA project areas and changing rooms. By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com
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