Women Reproductive Healthcare and Menstrual Hygiene in Urban Slum

Women reproductive healthcare and menstrual hygiene are one of the important and essential components for women health which is generally overlooked by our society.  Women reproductive and menstrual wellbeing not only impact individual but initially help in the development of society, its economy as a whole. In present time, we can observe various diseases and problems related to women healthcare and menstrual hygiene due late marriages, poor dietary habits, mental pressure and related illness, poor lifestyle etc. Various problems like miscarriages, women facing problems in conceiving babies, late periods or early periods, disturbances in their menstrual cycles. Another major problem related to the women reproductive and menstrual healthcare is the taboo prevalent in our society. People still hesitate to talk about the issues related to women reproduction and menstrual health. Due to this, still many of the women are unaware about various precautions, safety and hygiene measures.  This paper will address the importance and problems related to women reproductive healthcare and menstrual hygiene. With the help of questionnaire, we will try to figure out present situation in the society related to above mention topic.