Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2014 Sep 21. [Epub ahead of print] Perception and attitude of pregnant women in a rural community north-west Nigeria to female genital mutilation. Ashimi AO, Amole TG. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Nigeria has the highest absolute number of residents who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) and most are carried out during infancy; howeverContinue reading “Perception and attitude of pregnant women in a rural community north-west Nigeria to female genital mutilation”
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Perron et al.: Female genital cutting.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013 Nov;35(11):1028-45. Female genital cutting. Perron L, Senikas V, Burnett M, Davis V; Social Sexual Issues Committee, Burnett M, Aggarwal A, Bernardin J, Clark V, Davis V, Fisher W, Pellizzari R, Polomeno V, Rutherford M, Sabourin J; Ethics Committee, Shapiro J, Akhtar S, Camire B, Christilaw J, Corey J, Nelson E,Continue reading “Perron et al.: Female genital cutting.”
Experiences from pregnancy and childbirth related to female genital mutilation among Eritrean immigrant women in Sweden.
Midwifery. 2008 Jun;24(2):214-25. Epub 2007 Feb 21. Experiences from pregnancy and childbirth related to female genital mutilation among Eritrean immigrant women in Sweden. Lundberg PC, Gerezgiher A. Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Pranee.Lundberga@pubcare.uu.se OBJECTIVE: to explore Eritrean immigrant women’s experiences of female genital mutilation (FGM) during pregnancy, childbirth andContinue reading “Experiences from pregnancy and childbirth related to female genital mutilation among Eritrean immigrant women in Sweden.”
[Maternal and foetal prognostic in excised women delivery]
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2007 Jun;36(4):393-8. Epub 2007 Apr 6. [Maternal and foetal prognostic in excised women delivery]. [Article in French] Millogo-Traore F, Kaba ST, Thieba B, Akotionga M, Lankoande J. fmillogo_traore@caramail.com ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: The female circumcision constitutes by their frequency and complications a real problem of public health. MATERIAL AND METHOD: OurContinue reading “[Maternal and foetal prognostic in excised women delivery]”
Interventions for improving outcomes for pregnant women who have experienced genital cutting.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Feb 28;2:CD009872. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009872.pub2. Interventions for improving outcomes for pregnant women who have experienced genital cutting. Balogun OO, Hirayama F, Wariki WM, Koyanagi A, Mori R. Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. BACKGROUND: Female genital cutting (FGC) refers to allContinue reading “Interventions for improving outcomes for pregnant women who have experienced genital cutting.”
Infibulated women have an increased risk of anal sphincter tears at delivery: a population-based Swedish register study of 250 000 births
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2013 Jan;92(1):101-8. doi: 10.1111/aogs.12010. Epub 2012 Nov 1. Infibulated women have an increased risk of anal sphincter tears at delivery: a population-based Swedish register study of 250 000 births. Berggren V, Gottvall K, Isman E, Bergström S, Ekéus C. Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Global Health (IHCAR), Karolinska Institute,Continue reading “Infibulated women have an increased risk of anal sphincter tears at delivery: a population-based Swedish register study of 250 000 births”
The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on First Delivery in Southwest Nigeria
Stud Fam Plann. 2002 June 33(2):173–184 The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on First Delivery in Southwest Nigeria Slanger TE, Snow RC, Okonofua FE ABSTRACT To date, data linking obstetric morbidity to female genital cutting in populations with less severe types of cutting have been limited to case reports and speculation. In this cross-sectional study,Continue reading “The Impact of Female Genital Cutting on First Delivery in Southwest Nigeria”
The relationship between female genital cutting and obstetric fistulae.
Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Mar;115(3):578-83. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181d012cd. The relationship between female genital cutting and obstetric fistulae. Browning A, Allsworth JE, Wall LL. Barhirdar Hamlin Fistula Centre, Barhirdar, Ethiopia. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate any association between female genital cutting and vesicovaginal fistula formation during obstructed labor. METHODS: A comparison was made between 255 fistula patients who had undergoneContinue reading “The relationship between female genital cutting and obstetric fistulae.”
Circumvention tourism.
Cornell Law Rev. 2012 Sep;97(6):1309-98. Circumvention tourism. Cohen G. Harvard Law School Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics. ABSTRACT Under what circumstances should a citizen be able to avoid the penalties set by the citizen’s home country’s criminal law by going abroad to engage in the same activity where it is notContinue reading “Circumvention tourism.”
Adolescent health in an international context: the challenge of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa.
Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2009 Dec;20(3):874-86, viii. Adolescent health in an international context: the challenge of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa. Fatusi A, Blum RW. Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, P.O. Box 1905 OAU Post Office, Ile-Ife 22005, Nigeria. ABSTRACT Adolescent Health in an International Context: The ChallengeContinue reading “Adolescent health in an international context: the challenge of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa.”
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