Perspective of students & teachers of middle school on MHM in the state of Bihar

Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) is an active component of Adolescent health initiative of the Rashtriya Kishori Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) of the National Health Mission (NHM) of all the 18 Empowered Action Group states where NHM is operational since the introduction of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in 2005 (GoI, 2014). The current study relates to the state of Bihar where the MHM is operational through the NHM. After a year of RKSK, the MHM guidelines of India was developed in 2015 (GoI,2015). MHM is defined as ‘women & adolescent girls are using clean menstrual management materials to absorb or collect blood that can be changed in privacy as often as necessary for the duration of the menstrual period, using soap & water for washing the body as required & having access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials (WHO/UNICEF JMP, 2012). Globally, at least 500 million women & girls lack proper access to menstrual h