The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has marked the 2021 World Menstrual Hygiene Day at Zenu in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.

Over 200 adolescents drawn from schools within Zenu near Tema, participated.

The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Adolescent Health Nurse, Henrietta Agyeiwaa, noted that it was important that adolescents, especially females, were taught the rudiments of menstruation and its implications.

She advised parent not to shun away from teaching their children when they reached the adolescent stage.

Madam Agyeiwaa stressed that most adolescents, especially females, go through many changes and needed critical attention from both parents, teachers and health officials.

Ms Agyeiwaa urged the public to disregard the numerous myths and misconceptions people have against menstruation, saying, “menstruation is not a taboo, and without it, there would not be human existence”.

She reminded the teenagers that anyone menstruating stands the chance of getting pregnant after engaging in unprotected sexual intercourse and asked them to “Abstain from premarital sex”.

Participants were given sanitary pads and taught how to properly fix them into panties.