Why May 28th Was Chosen as Menstrual Health Day

Why May 28th was chosen as Menstrual Health Day

This specific date and month are symbolic for most women. On average, a woman's menstrual cycle lasts 28 days, and they experience periods for about five days each month.

AHF • AHF Joins Calls for Period Equity on Menstrual Health Day

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) joins the world in commemorating Menstrual Health Day with a series of activations across many of our 48 countries of operation — aimed at breaking stigma, promoting menstrual health equity, and protecting the health and futures of women and girls/people who menstruate. Menstrual Health Day is observed annually on May 28. Globally, women and girls, particularly in regions like sub-Saharan Africa, bear a dispropor…