A local NGO has taken the onus upon themselves to address and help solve the difficulties in Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) in a sustainable manner. They are also engaging adolescent girls and women on menstrual health.

Gramalaya, a city-based non-governmental organisation involved in water management and public sanitation, realised the magnitude of the problem only in 2015, said S. Damodaran, CEO and Founder. “We involved doctors, researchers and others in our discussions with women who said that sanitary pads were causing issues ranging from rashes and urinary tract infections to fibroids, birth defects and infertility,” Mr. Damodaran said.