Lets Talk About Health Matters: Culture And Women’s Health

#Allin4health #health4all #minding your wellbeing #healthawareness By Dr TW Ngwenya Changamire This week on the Sunday Express I have chosen to talk about how culture could act as a barrier to health. I had a conversation with an elderly lady a few years ago - and she said that as a young woman she was having menstrual problems. Her periods were prolonged, and they were irregular and unpredictable. This meant that she would have to wear a pad all the time and later she switched to using a cloth for sanitary purposes due to financial constraints. Obviously this went on to affect her sex life with her partner. The frequent irregular vaginal bleeding affected her sex life.