East Africa

Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya.

BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 25;14(1):276. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-276. Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya. Achia TN. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is still prevalent in several communities in Kenya and other areas in Africa, as well as being practiced by some migrants from African countries living in other parts ofContinue reading “Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya.”

Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review

Int J Sex Health. 2013. DOI:10.1080/19317611.2013.851139 Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review Martínez Pérez G, Tomás Aznar C, Bagnol B ABSTRACT Labia Minora Elongation is a female genital modification practice categorized among the types included in the fourth group of female genital mutilation. In this paper we display theContinue reading “Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review”

Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?

Bull World Health Organ vol.80 no.8 Genebra Aug. 2002 Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death? Birgitta Essén, Birgit Bödker, N-O. Sjöberg, Saemundur Gudmundsson, P-O. Östergren, & Jens Langhoff-Roos ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whetherContinue reading “Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?”