Public Health and Menstrual Hygiene Practices in India: Practices, Costs, and Equity Issues

This book examines the equity issues regarding practices of menstrual hygiene and affordability of menstrual products by the lower socioeconomic class in India.

By discussing a novel and detailed methodology of estimating the cost of menstrual hygiene, the authors identify various components of direct and indirect costs of menstrual hygiene. The research makes use of a mixed-methods approach to identify key cost drivers to estimate the overall costs across adolescent/young and older women be...