Stop using T roll in place of sanitary pads - Young ladies advised
The Chief of Nkwanta -kese Otumfour Brempong Nana Boakye Yam Ababio who chaired the program advised that it's never a taboo for a woman to be on her period.
Joana Somiah 
As part of an effort to marking the world menstrual hygiene day, the Ashanti Regional Director of Community Development, Mrs Janet Gyamfua Amonu in collaboration with Afigya Kwabre Queen mother's Association organized a community engagement at Nkwantakese in Afigya Kwabre north district of the Ashanti region to focus on promoting menstrual hygien day.
All schools within the Nkwantakese enclave and others within the district were invited to get awareness on the importance of menstrual hygiene and some myths surrounding the natural cycle.The Theme for this year's program was "menstruation does not wait for pandemic."
Speaking at the event, Mrs Janet Gyamfua Amonu, the Ashanti regional director of community development warned girl teenagers to stop using toilet roll as menstrual pad.
She called on the society to stop stigmatizing girls on their menstrual period since it's not a taboo to have menstruation.
Nana Adwoa Awindor
On her part, the Development Queen mother of Afigya Kwabre, Obaapa Adwoa Nkyaa better known as Nana Adwoa Anwindoh called on the boys to protect their girls in school if in case they soil their dress with a menstrual tissue.
She also pleaded with girls to use proper pad instead of toilet roll to abstain from vaginal infection.
Lastly, the chief of Nkwanta -kese Otumfour Brempong Nana Boakye Yam Ababio who chaired the program in his own town advised that it's never a taboo for a woman to be on her period.
He attributed his exhortation to the fact that some me men go to the extent of rejecting their wife's food when they are in menstruation period. "It's very wrong to reject your woman's food or neglect a woman because she's on menstruation," he advised.
He further urged Queen mothers to help reduce the rate of teenage pregnancy and maternal death. According to him, recent estimates reveal that, each year more than 890 women between the ages of 30 and 49 die of causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
He said it's sad to announce that it's a leading cause of death among women in that age group.
He therefore advised young girls to take their time in all endeavors where he also admonished them to use the correct object such as sanitary pads to absorb blood instead of using any other thing else.
Nana Peprah Ashanti Region
