AFRIpads Menstrual Kit

Montgomery, P., et al., 2016,  Menstruation and the Cycle of Poverty: A Cluster Quasi-Randomised Control Trial of Sanitary Pad and Puberty Education Provision in Uganda. PLoS ONE. Vol 11.

Scott, L., et al., 2013, Sanitary Pad Acceptability and Sustainability Study. University of Oxford.

Hennegan, J., et al., 2016, Measuring the prevalence and impact of poor menstrual hygiene management: a quantitative survey of schoolgirls in rural Uganda. BMJ Open. Vol 6.

Tokuda, K., 2015, Prosocial Cost-benefit Analysis and Hybrid Organization’s Social Impacts on The Extreme Poor: A Case Study of Lunapads, a B Corporation. International Proceedings of Economics Development and Research, Singapore, 85, pp. 26-33.

Millington, K.A., Bolton, L., 2015, Improving access to menstrual hygiene products. GSDRC.

Crofts, T., Fisher, J., 2012, Menstrual hygiene in Ugandan schools: an investigation of low-cost sanitary pads. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2, pp. 50-58.

Double X Economy’s study used these methods:

402 secondary school girls participated. All received MakaPads and were instructed to use the Mak1 Incinerator to dispose of pads. In addition to MakaPads, 1/3 received AFRIpads; 1/3 received MakaPads; 1/3 received a package of 6 KMET Pads.

Surveys on demographics, knowledge of menstruation, and past practices were conducted. At the end of the trial, the girls were interviewed on their experiences. Focus groups and a survey about wealth and spending money were conducted with girls and boys.

Study results can be found in the link above.

According to Lunapads, customers are often recruited to test products and give feedback, which is used as the guide for product use. Different products may be developed with different goals in mind, which requires sourcing and testing of different materials/fabrics to make sure they perform to standards.^{Interview with representative}