Empower Her Flow: A Menstrual Awareness Campaign at Mashal Model School: Shifaites Serving Humanity

On Saturday, May 19th, Shifaites Serving Humanity organized a menstrual awareness campaign entitled “Empower Her Flow” at Mashal Model School. A cohort of 15 medical students, esteemed Gynecology & Obstetrics faculty Dr. Hasina and Dr. Maria in collaboration with Dr. Sajida Naseem Head of Community Medicine department visited Mashal Model School, Nurpur Shahan, Islamabad to disseminate information about menstrual health, hygiene, and management.
An audience of 100 young female students and their mothers were present at the site. The students began the session by discussing the normal physiology of menstruation with the help of diagrams. Details about puberty and special emphasis were placed on its normality. Menstrual hygiene was also discussed in depth.
Dr. Hasina and Dr. Maria talked about abnormalities in menstrual cycles and what red flags require females to seek help. The audience was enlightened regarding Shifa’s Rotary Clinic in Nurpur and was encouraged to seek medical advice and management there.
A question and answer session was conducted to dispelling any confusion the audience may have. A quick trivia round was conducted with prizes for students giving the right answers. Common menstrual myths were dispelled. A demonstration was done on pad application and how to discard it.
Screening for iron deficiency anemia was done after a thorough counseling session regarding the disease. Iron supplements were offered after explaining how to take them, the side effects, and how long to take them.
Finally, packets of sanitary pads and literature on iron deficiency anemia in Urdu were disseminated to all audience members.
The session was successful in providing awareness, audience appreciated SSH taking the time to come in and talk about topics that are not openly spoken about.

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