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Together Alive Health Initiative (TAHI)

Learning and Resouces

ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED OF ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL CSO COALITION ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE MANAGEMENT ADVOCACY IN UGANDA

African Youth Development Link (AYDL), Health Plus Development Communication (HEDCO) and Together Alive Health Initiative (TAHI) through ‘The Strengthening Civil Society in Uganda project’ commissioned a study to explore opportunities of establishing and or building a strong CSO Coalition on menstrual health and hygiene management (MHHM) as a general purpose vehicle to galvanize and unite all menstrual health and hygiene management actors across sectors to contribute towards achieving better adolescent girls’ and young women’s menstrual health and hygiene outcomes.

Assessment For the Need to Establish a National CSO Coalition on Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management Advocacy in Uganda

Background
Menstrual health and hygiene is a development. and multi-sectoral issue
• It is an enabler of other SDGs such as education, gender equality, poverty – it nourishes them
• Resolution 6.2 of the UNGA on 2030 development agenda focuses on achieving access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all.

EVALUATION AND MAPPING OF THE MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT (MHH/M) ADVOCACY LANDSCAPE IN UGANDA

The Strengthening Civil Society in Uganda project - a four-month project supported by a pilot grant from the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) Implemented by AYDL in partnership with Health plus Development Communication (HEDCO) and Together Alive Health Initiative (TAHI).

The project capitalizes on the momentum built by the current informal collective initiative of the 2018 CSO commemorations of the Global Menstrual Hygiene Day in Uganda