Tanzania: Vat Exemption On Sanitary Pads - a Blessing or a Curse?

Most girls in schools, who have hit puberty, do not use suitable sanitary pads during their monthly menstruation cycle, especially in the rural areas of Tanzania.

These girls use local means such as rags, raw cotton and maize cobs, which pose serious hygiene and health challenges due to lack of sufficient running water in most rural schools to wash and re-use the local pads.

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