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VAS'SUM

“Wow for her!

Awesome for earth!

Period”

By Ms. V. L. Vasundhara,

B. Tech (ECE) - 19UP1A0441

An idea to revolutionize the menstrual health
and hygiene space with nanotechnology and
innovative interventions to enhance the

comfort factor for women during menstruation
and create a systemic approach to deal with
menstrual waste management in an eco-
friendly way. Our idea is to revolutionize the menstrual

Menstrual hygiene continues to be amongst h e a l t h a n d h y g i e n e s p a c e w i t h

the most challenging development issues nanotechnology. It not only creates a comfort
today. Menstruation and menstrual practices factor for women during menstruation but also
still face many social, cultural, and religious creates a systematic approach to deal with

restrictions which are a big barrier in the path menstrual waste management in an eco-
of menstrual hygiene management. In friendly way. Most of the sanitary pads
countries like India, women, and girls often available in the market are harmful to feminine
lack access to hygiene sanitary materials and health and unsafe for environment as they use
basic facilities. Only 36% of women use so much of plastic waste and SAP in their

sanitary pads in India according to survey done products.
by National Family Health 2015-16. In order to bring sanitary pads with less side

“Most of the Disposable sanitary napkins are a effects, we are replacing SAP with nanofiber
hazard because 70-90% of a sanitary pad is and using organic materials to ensure our
made of plastic,” One pad is equivalent to four product gives WOW experience to women and

plastic bags, so one can imagine the quantity of an awesome initiative to save the earth.
single-use non-biodegradable plastic Considering the large surface area and
generated every month from sanitary napkins. porosity, it is found that the nanofibers provide

It's a strong enough issue to raise a better alternative to achieve even higher
environmental concerns. Another major absorbency that too without adding SAP.
constituent in most of the sanitary pads Sanitary napkins without SAP can be a solution
available in the market are dioxin and super for its safe disposal, and therefore, can have
absorbent polymer (SAP) which have adverse global impact in the near future.

health effects to women like rashes, urinary
tract infections, genital cancer etc. Campus Campus
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