Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analyses of Providing Menstrual Cups and Sanitary Pads to Schoolgirls in Rural Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the relative value of providing menstrual cups and sanitary pads to primary schoolgirls.

Design

Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses of three-arm single-site open cluster randomized controlled pilot study providing menstrual cups or sanitary pads for 1 year.

Participants

Girls 14-16 years of age enrolled across 30 primary schools in rural western Kenya.

Methods

Cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted based on the health effects (reductions in disability-adjusted life years [DALYs]) and education effects (reductions in school absenteeism) of both interventions. The health and education benefits were separately valued and compared with relative program costs.

Results

Compared with the control group, the cost of menstrual cups

SUBMITTER: Babagoli MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9518800 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature