Recognizing May 2026 as Menstrual Health Awareness Month. WHEREAS, M enstruation is a natural biological process in which the uterine lining sheds blood and tissue when pregnancy does not occur; and WHEREAS, A pproximately 1.8 billion individuals, or 26% of the global population, menstruate monthly, affirming that menstrual health is a critical public health issue; and WHEREAS, A t any given time, 800 million women and girls worldwide are menstruating , including 86 million in the United States ; and WHEREAS, T his year’s theme, What’s Been Normalized Isn’t Normal , calls attention to the need to stop accepting painful, disruptive, and debilitating menstrual symptoms as simply “part of being a woman ”; and WHEREAS, Menstruation can significantly impact both physical and mental health, often compounded by school systems and workplaces that dismiss or minimize these symptoms; and WHEREAS, 1 in 3 women experience severe menstrual bleeding, and women wait an average of 4 to 11 years for an endometriosis diagnosis, reflecting major gaps in care driven by limited research , leaving conditions such as fibroids, endometriosis, and PCOS underdiagnosed and affecting millions ; and WHEREAS, 70-80% of women will be diagnosed with fibroids by age 50 , and approximately 6,000 women in the United States enter menopause each day ; and WHEREAS, The World Bank estimates that 500,000,000 people globally lack access to menstrual products , and 1 in 5 students miss school due to their periods ; a…
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