Menstrual cups and cash transfer to reduce sexual and reproductive harm and school dropout in adolescent schoolgirls: study protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial in western Kenya

• Main Authors: Garazi Zulaika (Author), Daniel Kwaro (Author), Elizabeth Nyothach (Author), Duolao Wang (Author), Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez (Author), Linda Mason (Author), Alie Eleveld (Author), Tao Chen (Author), Emily Kerubo (Author), Annemieke van Eijk (Author), Cheryl Pace (Author), David Obor (Author), Jane Juma (Author), Boaz Oyaro (Author), Louis Niessen (Author), Godfrey Bigogo (Author), Isaac Ngere (Author), Carl Henry (Author), Maxwell Majiwa (Author), Clayton O. Onyango (Author), Feiko O. ter Kuile (Author), Penelope A. Phillips-Howard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Adolescent girls in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionally vulnerable to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) harms. In western Kenya, where unprotected transactional sex is common, young females face higher rates of school dropout, often due to pregnancy, and sexually transmit...