Tampon crisis

Besides great poverty, a lack of democracy and an inflation topping 1000% Zimbabwe is also dealing with a Tampon crisis. Menstruating women are using anything to control the bleeding i.e. rolled-up newspapers. Health organisations fear for the health of these women, because the wounds in their vaginas make them more vulnerable to the HIV virus. And Zimbabwe isn't a very nice place for women to start with. Their life expectancy is 34 years, the lowest in the world.
The tampon and sanitary towel crisis started when manufacturer Johnson&Johnson left the country due to the crisis and Zimbabwe was forced to import these goods. The inflation has made them unaffordable for anyone except the elite. The minimum wage is 6 million Zimbabwe dollars a month, 20 tampons cost 3 million Zimbabwe dollars.
When an MP tried to raise the issue in parliament, government ministers couldn't stop laughing.