TrickleUp Design is currently engaged in research and consulting work related to women’s health, specifically related to Menstrual Health Management (MHM). The focus is to understand the opportunities for a systems-based approach for better delivering menstrual health products and services in the context of developing/emerging economies in the Global South. The result of the first phase of research was a comprehensive research document and literature review, which has informed presentations and conversations with international organizations working in the MHM space.

The current phase is the development of a research program that implements and examines a social enterprise model that will encompass MHM product evaluation, participatory design, community-based education, small batch production, local distribution, and disposal solutions that will bring affordable MHM products into the marketplace for women and adolescent girls. The overarching objective is to create a scalable model that spurs economic opportunity and helps to make MHM more culturally acceptable and environmentally sustainable. This joint research project, launching in 2020, will be based in a high density, informal community in Zimbabwe.