Effects and costs of a multi-component menstrual health intervention (MENISCUS) on mental health problems, educational performance, and menstrual health in Ugandan secondary schools: an open-label, school-based, cluster-randomised controlled trial
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office; Medical Research Council; Department of Health and Social Care; and Wellcome.
Authors
- Katherine A. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-0728)
- Belén Torondel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6081-2156)
- Denis Ndekezi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9875-1667)
- Kate Andrews Nelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7747-1482)
- Sophie Belfield
- Prossy Namirembe
- Robert Bakanoma
- Daria Bucci
- Connie Alezuyo
- Stephen Lagony (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5528-7119)
- Catherine Kansiime (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-3252)
- Clare Tanton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4612-1858)
- Helen A. Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7936)
- Stella Neema
- Fred Matovu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1562-2374)
- Levicatus Mugenyi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9423-2472)
- Titus Ssesanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6441-7839)
- Nambusi Kyegombe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-0361)
- Janet Seeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272)
- John Jerrim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5705-7954)
- Shamirah Nakalema
- Chris P. Bonell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-6498)
- Giulia Greco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5448-9521)
- Christopher Baleke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-6983)
- Aggrey Tumuhimbise
- Denis Ssenyondwa
- Ratifah Batuusa
- Beatrice Nanyonga
- Rodah Nambi
- Edward Obicho
- Agnes Akech Ocen
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Sports (UG)
- International Community of Women Living with HIV (UG)
- University College London (GB)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Global Health
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(25)00007-5
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Menstrual Health and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 20.66
Funders
- Wellcome
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Medical Research Council