🧠 AI SUMMARY
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Women and girls in period poverty lack access to affordable menstrual products, representing an unmet healthcare need in the UK
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Community sewing groups are providing a practical, low-cost solution by manufacturing reusable period product kits for disadvantaged populations
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GPs and healthcare practitioners should be aware of period poverty as a social determinant affecting menstrual health and consider signposting patients to local support services
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Debi Angell says the kits they make help women and girls who can not afford period products.
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