By Our Reporter
Musician Sheebah Karungi has joined a new menstrual health campaign aimed at raising awareness around the heightened menstruation-related challenges women and girls are currently facing.
Dubbed “My Menstrual Story”, the campaign will also enable easy access to menstrual health-related products via the Personal Health Pharmacy, an e-Pharmacy on the SafeBoda app where individuals can conveniently make an order and have the products delivered for free.
Speaking about the campaign, Sheebah, who is also the founder of Holipads, a menstrual pads company, revealed that the time is ripe to talk about menstrual health issues and end the stigma surrounding it especially for young girls.
“Every girl and woman has a stigmatising menstrual story to tell and it’s time to end the stigma, cultural rigidity and norms. It’s time to change the story to menstruation is normal and menstrual health and hygiene is a right,” she said.
The Personal Health Pharmacy has a wide range of products and brands enlisted in each pharmacy on the platform, and women have the opportunity to choose their preferred product.
The “My Menstrual Story” campaign is supported by SafeBoda in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Reproductive Health.
“Access to menstrual health remains a challenge for many girls and women in Uganda. The Menstrual health campaign, through our partnership with UNFPA, MSI, PSI and Holic Pads, is an exciting opportunity to drive necessary conversations about menstrual health while empowering key audiences with faster access to menstrual products through the Personal Health Pharmacies on the SafeBoda app,” says Ricky Rapa Thompson the co-founder of SafeBoda.