Cardiff University

Self-cleaning, cloth-based menstrual products for low income geographies
 

SunPad is an affordable, photocatalyst-infused, reusable menstrual product. The textile in SunPad is a chemistry-based technology that self-sanitises in sunlight and aims to reduce infection risks, thus improving women's health. Because SunPad cleans using sunlight (air and water) it can positively impact menstrual health in water and sanitisation scarce geographies.

 
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