Knowledge and practices of adolescent girls attending the Nylon Ndog-Passi III bilingual high school Resettlement area on menstrual hygiene

Millions of adolescent girls are unable to meet the need for menstrual hygiene management due to various factors. This study aimed to describe the levels of knowledge and practices of adolescent girls enrolled at the Nylon Ndog-Passi III bilingual high school Resettlement area on menstrual hygiene.   This was a cross-sectional study of 268 adolescent girls enrolled at the Nylon Ndog-Passi III bilingual high school Resettlement area from September 2024 to April 2025. Systematic sampling was used. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 23. The survey revealed that only 12.7% of the 268 students, with a median age of 16 years and an average age at menarche of 12.72 ± 1.11 years, had a good knowledge of menstrual hygiene, although 82.1% used sanitary towels, 66% did not wash their hands when changing and only 9% maintained good hygiene of their intimate part, despite problems with dysmenorrhea (73.1%) and cycle regularity (45.1%) ; 81.3% of participants felt they had good menstrual hygiene. These results underline the need for knowledge-building initiatives to improve menstrual hygiene practices. Less than 20% of adolescent girls had good menstrual hygiene knowledge, including poor menstrual hygiene practice.