A Clinician’s Guide to Improve Access to Menstrual Healthcare and Support Better Outcomes

Experts in adolescent gynecology are calling for increased awareness about menstrual healthcare, including access to resources and education about menses. They also highlight the monetary and nonmonetary costs of periods.

“Approximately 26% of the world’s population menstruates, which means about 800 million people are menstruating each day,” says Ellen Rome, MD, MPH, who leads the Center for Adolescent Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. “And, globally, about 500 million people are experiencing period poverty.”