Author(s)

Fané Seydou^1*, Bocoum Amadou^1*, Sissoko Abdoulaye², Traore Alassane³, Traore Soumana Oumar⁴, Kante Ibrahima⁵, Sima Mamadou⁵, Sanogo Siaka Amara¹, Kouma Aminata⁶, Sanogo Abdoulaye¹, Saleck Doumbia⁴, Salem Yargueit¹, Teguete Ibrahima¹, Traore Youssouf^1*, Mounkoro Niani¹

¹University Teaching Hospital Gabriel Touré, Bamako, Mali.
²Hospital Mother-Child the Luxemburg of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
³Hospital of Mali, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Referral Health Center of commune V, Bamako, Mali.
⁵University Teaching Hospital Point G, Bamako, Mali.
⁶Hospital of Kati, Bamako, Mali.

This study on Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) was carried out in two secondary schools in the Bamako district, “Chaine Grise” and “Cheick Modibo Diarra” located respectively on the right bank and the left bank depending on the geographic position of the Niger river. This work took place over a period of 6 months from January 2019 to June 2019. The objective of this study was to study menstrual hygiene management in school setting for girls aged 16 to 18 in two secondary schools in Bamako. It was a transversal and qualitative description. The study population consists of girls aged 16 to 18 years enrolled in one of the selected secondary schools. At the end of this study, we arrived at the following results: *50% of the girls in our study have poor knowledge about menstruation; *10% of girls miss school at least one day a month during menstruation; *90% of girls use hygienic cotton to absorb menstrual blood; *90% of the sources of supply for hygienic products are mothers. The unsanitary conditions of the toilets, lack of light and the non-separation of the toilets according to gender guidelines were found in 99% of the cases: *99% of girls say that the poor state of health infrastructures was one of the causes of genital infections linked to poor management of menstrual hygiene; *lack of water in the toilets (99%). Through these results, we conclude that, in our context, menstruation remains a taboo and shameful subject for girls. In addition, some of their menstrual hygiene practices are a real danger to their health.

Menstrual Hygiene Management, Girls from 16 to 18 Years Old, Secondary Schools, Bamako

Seydou, F. , Amadou, B. , Abdoulaye, S. , Alassane, T. , Oumar, T. , Ibrahima, K. , Mamadou, S. , Amara, S. , Aminata, K. , Abdoulaye, S. , Doumbia, S. , Yargueit, S. , Ibrahima, T. , Youssouf, T. and Niani, M. (2020) Menstrual Hygiene Management in School Setting in Two Secondary Schools in the Bamako District, Case of the School “La Chaine Grise” and the School Cheick Modibo Diarra. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10, 284-297. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2020.1020025.