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Yet, it has not received the needed attention.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study uses univariate analysis to investigate the menstrual hygiene practices of adolescent girls in Ghana, with the adoption of the Menstrual Practices Questionnaire (MPQ). A sample of 167 randomly selected adolescent girls (mean age of 14.5) from five high schools in Ghana were surveyed one time. The survey was administered in a community where access to adequate WASH facilities is sorely lacking.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Despite inadequate access to WASH facilities, majority of the girls' menstrual practices are hygienic. However, for a significant proportion of the girls, changing of menstrual materials (47.5%), washing of genitals (70.3%) and hands (70.9%), disposal of menstrual wastes (27.7%), sterilization of menstrual materials (31.4%), and management of cramps (64.5%) were found to be inadequate, poor, unhygienic, and unhealthy. Bridging this gap requires community\u2010wide sensitization and adequate provision of WASH facilities.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Inadequate access to WASH facilities may not be as huge a hindrance to observing good menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls as reported in conventional literature. Sociocultural factors such as religion and culture might explain this phenomenon. 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