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Within isolated Amazonian communities, as in many parts of the world, menstruation often prevents women and girls from engaging in everyday activities. In particular, stigma around menstruation and the inability to manage blood flow restrict involvement in the community and education for women and girls. Lack of knowledge on women’s health is a significant barrier to improving the menstrual experience. Since this project is very community-based, we are continually incorporating cultural considerations and community input throughout our design process - including views on women’s health and menstruation, comfort levels about the subject, and any environmental impact(s) our solution could have. Project MIA became an official M-HEAL project team in July of 2019 and is in the early stages of development. Currently, we have solidified our project’s mission, need statement, faculty advisors, and a community partnership with Project Amazonas. We are in the process of expanding our preliminary knowledge of menstrual health, benchmarking current menstrual health efforts, building our team, and planning a return trip to the Amazon in spring or summer of 2020. Concept generating and low fidelity prototyping will begin in the early months of 2020.
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