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Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research

Julie Hennegana Research Fellow, Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Adjunct Research Associate, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-1595View further author information
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Inga T. Winklerb Lecturer in Human Rights, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5878-4387View further author information
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Chris Bobelc Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2712-894XView further author information
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Danielle Keiserd Founder & Executive Director, Menstrual Health Hub / MH Hub, Berlin, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5654-1880View further author information
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Janie Hamptone Co-Founder, Menstrual Cup Coalition, Nairobi, KenyaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9825-9701View further author information
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Gerda Larssonf Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Case for Her, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9241-8505View further author information
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Venkatraman Chandra-Moulig Scientist, UNDP–UNFPA–UNICEF–WHO–World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-4842View further author information
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Marina Plesonsh Consultant, UNDP–UNFPA–UNICEF–WHO–World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3224-618XView further author information
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Thérèse Mahoni Regional Programme Manager South Asia, WaterAid, London, UK.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 31-38 | Published online: 29 Apr 2021

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