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A papyrus sanitary pad, or Makapad, is a sanitary napkin made from papyrus, a natural material. It is reported to be 75 percent cheaper than a conventional pad and thus an advantage to the poor, as well as being highly absorbant The pads, developed by Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi at Uganda's Makerere University Department of Technology, are targeted especially at rural primary school girls who have started menstruating. These girls would normally find it difficult to attend school if they had no pads, and often cannot afford conventional pads. They are made almost entirely from natural materials, with a few percent of non-woven material and polythene paper. ==References== *(Papyrus sanitary pads to keep the poor girl child in school ), Musinguzi Bamuturaki, andnetwork.com, October 18, 2006. (accessed October 28, 2006) *(And The Winner is… ), wins second prize in the UN-HABITAT's ''Mashariki Innovations In Local Governance Awards Programme (MILGAP)'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Papyrus sanitary pad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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