<span id="m_-5114353519072470136gmail-docs-internal-guid-4636a58a-7fff-ffd9-0d29-453ee2c2e5d3" style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">A Bangladeshis scientist Farhana Sultana has successfully built a machine to produce sanitary pads using the jute cellulose for sustainable menstrual health. <br />''<br />''Farhana Sultana has been awarded the grand prize at the 4th Annual Innovations Pitch competition organised by the American Society for tropical medicine and Hygiene. She works as an Assistant Scientist at the premier health research institute of Bangladesh icddr,b. <br />''<br />''She developed the jute-cellulose based disposable sanitary pad as an alternative solution for the menstrual health and hygiene for women and girls in Bangladesh. Currently, there is no machine available to utilise the jute-cellulose to make sanitary pads.<br />''</span><br />''</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000;">She will now conduct an industrial trial for mass production of the sanitary pads and explore options to scale up the operations. The industrial trial will also assess the compatibility, compressibility and stretchability of the pad and conduct cost effectiveness of the pad compared to other commercially available options in the market, said a social media post by the icddr,b.</span><br />