Cloth Sanitary Pads: Improving Menstrual Hygiene Through Cost-Effective Innovation for Underserved Consumers

Every year since 2010, Uganda's AFRIpads company has doubled production of low-cost, washable cloth menstrual kits designed for up to one year’s use, increasing rural access to affordable feminine hygiene (15% of the cost of disposable pads), eliminating reliance on makeshift materials, thereby improving women's health and chances for education and work. Some 120,000+ kits have been distributed so far, mostly by NGOs. The project will improve supply chains, distribution and awareness-raising. AFRIpads is a Ugandan company that manufactures and sells low-cost, cloth, washable menstrual kits designed for up to one year of use, thereby increasing rural access to affordable feminine hygiene solutions and improving women’s menstrual health.