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In developing countries, some girls stay home from school when menstruating or drop out once they reach that age. If they cannot afford disposables (or there are none available) they have to use whatever they can find. Often leaves or newspapers, cloth rags if they are lucky. Usually these are not absorbent enough. Disposable products are often too expensive to afford or simply not available. In times of disaster (tsunami's, cyclones etc.) women who might have otherwise been able to obtain these products themselves, may be left with nothing, and stores supplying disposables can be destroyed along with everything else.
 

 
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