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Uganda’s High Court dismissed a judicial-review application challenging value-added tax on adult diapers in a ruling dated March 19, 2026, according to New Vision. The case was brought…
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Mauritius included adult diapers in its essential-goods price subsidy from January 15, 2026. The Mauritius Revenue Authority identifies December 23, 2025 as the date the government announced this…
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Alitheia Capital reports that Wemy Industries bought a new adult-diaper production machine for its Nigerian facility. The investor’s website lists the report in its January 2026 archive; the…
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Nordic Ecolabelling adopted generation 7.0 of its criteria for protective and absorbent hygiene products on September 30, 2025. The product group includes incontinence protection as well as baby…
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EPD Australasia lists a product-specific environmental product declaration for TENA Flex and TENA Pants, registered on July 31, 2025. Its identifier is EPD-IES-0025073:001 and its geographical scope is…
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The University of Southern Denmark lists Blesystem2030 as a research project running from February 1, 2024 to January 31, 2027. Partners include ABENA, Design School Kolding, Aarhus and…
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A 2026 Korean study indexed by KCI examines information-security requirements for smart-diaper care data. It follows information from a diaper sensor through a gateway and cloud system to…
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Tohoku University’s technology-seed catalogue identifies smart diapers as a possible application for materials that respond differently to gases including ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. The record was updated on…
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A 2026 doctoral thesis record at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University describes embroidered dual-tag RFID sensing for urine-volume monitoring. The approach addresses the influence of body movement on…
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An August 2025 Age and Ageing paper reports a six-week trial of the TENA SmartCare Change Indicator in nursing homes in Canada and Germany. The trial did not…
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An imec publication record describes a smart-diaper sensing design reported in the 2025 volume of IEEE Sensors Journal. Researchers use carbon-printed structures in the disposable product and a…
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Aalto University research published in 2025 explores a disposable sensor node powered by urine. Printed sensing electrodes and urine-activated electricity generation are combined with a low-power integrated circuit.
