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MENISCUS Entebbe Schools project
MENISCUS Entebbe Schools project
About:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine LSHTM carried out the Menstrual Hygiene and Safe Male Circumcision Promotion in Ugandan Schools (MENISCUS): Feasibility and preparatory study for a cluster randomized trial in 2016. WoMena provided training and technical support on menstrual cups as a part of this project. Starting in April 2017, WoMena became a key implementing partner on the MENISCUs-2 project in Entebbe.
Objectives:
The goal of this project is to improve school attendance among some schools in Entebbe district. This is achieved through 5 elements:
- Improvement of toilet facilities
- Providing pain killers to female students
- Performance of a drama skit by the students to their community
- Training of Trainers
- Menstrual kit distribution to girls
Overall objectives of this intervention are to:
- Measure uptake and assess perceptions of each element of the intervention package;
- Pilot the use of daily diaries to estimate school attendance with estimates;
- Compare feasibility of conducting class surveys using electronic data capture versus paper forms;
- Pilot a measure of school performance.
Partners:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Timeframe:
June 2017 – June 2018
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