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🩸 India’s Supreme Court has ruled that menstrual health is a fundamental right.

The decision could help more girls stay in school by requiring gender-segregated toilets, menstrual health awareness sessions and menstrual hygiene products in schools.

But the impact depends on

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India’s Supreme Court has ruled that menstrual health is a fundamental right. If implemented the decision could help more girls stay in school by requiring toilets, menstrual products & awareness sessions in schools.

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When the @UN partners with companies whose practices its own agencies have spent decades regulating against, public trust is put at risk.

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The @WHO has prequalified Coartem Baby — the first malaria treatment designed for newborns and young infants weighing 4.5 kg or less. The decision could help close a deadly treatment gap for the smallest malaria patients.

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