Menstrual Cup Research Dissemination Meeting – 28th of June 2018 Kampala, Uganda

Menstrual Cups (MCs) have been introduced as a sustainable Menstrual Health Management (MHM) option with success in several African countries, including Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa. To capture lessons learned and to share research updates about MHM WoMena organised a meeting in Kampala, Uganda together with Medical Research Council, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Uganda Virus Research Institute and Mbarara University of Science and Technology. The purpose of the meeting was also share experiences about the implementation of menstrual cups as an innovative MHM solution in East Africa.

Meeting participants listening to the welcome speech by Marianne Tellier – WoMena Executive Director

WoMena’s trainer Diana presenting WoMena’s work in humanitarian contexts

The meeting served as an important platform to showcase and promote the sharing of existing evidence and work in Uganda to improve MHM collectively in East Africa. The participants presented many questions for stakeholders working in and supporting MHM in Uganda and some of these will be answered in the FAQ series on WoMena’s webpage.

Questions from the floor related to menstrual cups will be included in our FAQ series

Many policymakers were also present including representatives from the Ugandan Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and Sports.

“We need to do research on the menstrual cup and disseminate results widely” Dr Mihayo Placid, Ministry of Health Uganda

The meeting identified the next steps for menstrual cup research and implementation in Uganda and we will soon publish a meeting report with a clear roadmap for a way forward.

Thank you for all meeting participants!