By Benjamin Akoto, GNA
Bechem, (Ahafo), May 29, GNA -The Sunyani branch of the Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) has presented nine boxes of sanitary pads to the Bechem School for the Deaf and Blind in the Ahafo region to mark the 2026 World Menstrual Hygiene Day (MHD).
The association also took the opportunity of the MHD observed annually on May 28 to sensitize the hearing and visually impaired girls on menstrual hygiene
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Speaking at a ceremony at Bechem, Mr Seth Aboagye Gyasi, a nurse, urged the students to always change their sanitary pads whenever the pads were soaked, urging their families to buy them more panties and underwear.
Mr Gyasi, who took the girls through the menstrual cycle, advised them to also observe personal hygiene and to protect themselves from infections.
He advised the students against using one sanitary pad for an extended period, stressing that they should change their pads whenever they become soaked, depending on the flow, in order to maintain proper hygiene and prevent infections.
Mr Charles Oduro Owurani, the Project Assistant at the Sunyani branch of the Young and Wise Centre of PPAG, told the girls that menstruation was not an illness, but a natural part of their development.
He also advised male students against mocking and stigmatizing their female counterparts during their menses and dispelled the wrong perception that ‘menstrual blood is bad or a curse”, saying that menstruation was a normal biological process.
Mrs Margaret Gyena Dzokoto, the Bono, Bono East, Ahafo and Ashanti Regional Association Zonal Chairperson of the PPAG, appealed to individuals, corporate organisations to support the Association’s efforts towards achieving universal access to quality reproductive health information and services.
Mr Mark Antwi Boasiako, the School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinator, thanked the PPAG, and described the sensitisation as timely and impactful.
He expressed the hope that the association would continue to strengthen its partnership with the school, saying that the distribution of the sanitary pads was welcoming.
Mr Bosiako said the government had also supplied the school with some sanitary products urging corporate bodies to tackle the needs of the school.
Miss Angela Mensah, one of the students, said the event had enlightened them enough to properly take care of themselves during their menses.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Benjamin Mensah
Reporter: Benjamin Akoto
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