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Pandemic Periods Blog

Pandemic Periods presents an innovative and neoteric thought leadership platform that is co-designed to elevate the voices of researchers, advocates, communications specialist, healthcare workers, community facilitators, policymakers, and activist that are driving the menstrual health agenda in their context. We welcome submissions that apply rights-based approaches and an intersectional lens to offer a unique perspective on menstrual health and period poverty.

Global menstrual health statistics

1.3B

There are 1.3 billion women, adolescent girls, non-binary individuals, and transgender men that menstruate every month

800M

800 million individuals are menstruating each day!

500M

500 million of these people do not have the resources, time or spaces in environments that are free from stigma and shame to attain their menstrual health.

Haiti Felt the Pressure of Period Poverty Pre-Pandemic, & It Will Continue Post-Pandemic Unless It is Addressed!

Dr. Dina Saintilmon Medical Doctor, & Pandemic Periods, Haiti Dr. Claudy Junior Pierre MD, Resident, field epidemiology, Haiti Dr. Alhelí Calderón Villarreal, MD MPH, & Corresponsal de México Haiti

19 July 2022 No Comments

Who Decides What Is and Is Not a Crisis?

We believe that more needs to be done to preserve SRHR and the right to attain menstrual health in times of crisis.

26 May 2022 No Comments

Letter from our Editor-in-Chief

Together, we can learn from innovative menstrual health movements and programmes from around the world.

25 May 2022 No Comments

Submission Guidelines

Blogs must offer a unique perspective on menstrual health in the context go gender equality, WASH, emergencies, conflict, decolonisation, crisis, education, SRHR, public health, global, national, or local policy, community-driven programmes, or grassroots advocacy initiatives.
Blogs must be 900-1,200 words in length – References must be embedded via hyperlinks.
Information on co-authors must be submitted – full name, affiliations, & relevant Twitter handles.
Blogs can have no more than five authors – there must be ONLY one corresponding author.
Authorship must be regionally balanced.
priority will be given to authors from low- to middle-income countries.
Publication is at the discretion of the Pandemic Periods Editorial Team.