India, May 29 -- Period awareness is important, as menstruation can be a source of stress for young girls who experience it for the first time. With the right information, tweens and teens can accept menstruation as a normal biological process. With doubts dispelled, they learn to take proper care of their period hygiene with confidence.

In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Urvashi Rana, General Paediatrician, at Narayana Hospital, Ahmedabad, shared the importance of menstrual hygiene awareness in teens.

She said, "There is stigma and taboo associated with periods in households and society in general. In schools, at times, proper facilities are not usually available - bathrooms are unclean and inadequate, making it difficult for girls ...