The Executive Director of the Coalition for Maternal Health and Citizens Empowerment (CMCE), Salaam Mahama, has called on the government to improve infrastructure in basic schools across the Ahafo Region to help promote proper menstrual hygiene among schoolgirls.
Speaking to Adom News at Hwidiem during a stakeholder engagement session organized by CMCE in collaboration with ActionAid Ghana and the Young Urban Women Movement, Mr. Mahama highlighted alarming findings from a recent study.
According to him, many basic schools in the region lack essential facilities such as changing rooms, potable water systems, washrooms, and sanitary pad banks—conditions he described as detrimental to girls’ health and education.
He emphasized that the absence of these menstrual hygiene facilities discourages regular school attendance and poses serious health risks to female students. He therefore appealed to the government and relevant stakeholders to urgently invest in infrastructure that supports menstrual hygiene management.
Also speaking at the event, the Girls’ Education Officer for the Ghana Education Service in the Ahafo Region, Scholastica Dakuah, made a passionate appeal to municipal and district assemblies to prioritize the construction of changing rooms, washrooms, water systems, and the establishment of sanitary pad banks in schools.
She commended CMCE, ActionAid Ghana, and the Young Urban Women Movement for their collaborative efforts in shedding light on the challenges and advocating for better menstrual hygiene solutions for schoolgirls in the region.
Source: Sammy Asare