Cultural beliefs and customs in PNG most times dictate the way menstruation is seen in the country - as a taboo and ‘hush’ topic - that most families do not address and adolescents are too embarrassed to discuss.
This leads to menstrual health related stigma and exacerbates ‘period poverty’, simply defined as the inability to access proper sanitary products and having poor knowledge of menstruation, which leads to poor menstruation hygiene.
