New Delhi: About 50 per cent of young women aged 15-24 years still use cloth for menstrual protection, according to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report, with experts attributing it to lack of awareness and taboo existing around menstruation.
...50% of women aged 15-24 yrs still use cloth for menstruation: NFHS-5
The lowest percentages of women use a hygienic method of menstrual protection are in Bihar (59 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (61 per cent) and Meghalaya (65 per cent).