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[Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]

Lakartidningen. 2001 Nov 21;98(47):5355-8, 5360. [Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]. [Article in Swedish] Almroth L, Almroth-Berggren V, Bergström S. Barnkliniken, Centralsjukhuset i Kristianstad. lars.almroth@hem.utfors.se ABSTRACT Several studies in cultures in which FGM is widely performed have shown an emerging questioning of theContinue reading “[Need for more research on female circumcision. Lack of communication between women and men conserves the traditional practice]”

Baaij M, Kagie MJ; Female circumcision; histories of 3 patients

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1999 Aug 21;143(34):1721-4. [Female circumcision; histories of 3 patients]. [Article in Dutch] Baaij M, Kagie MJ. Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, locatie Westeinde, Den Haag. Comment in Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2000 Jan 8;144(2):95-6. ABSTRACT Three Somali women presented with problems of the infibulation they had undergone when they were girls. The first one wasContinue reading “Baaij M, Kagie MJ; Female circumcision; histories of 3 patients”

Female genital mutilation: a reproductive health concern.

Popul Rep J. 1995 Oct;(41 Suppl):1-4. Female genital mutilation: a reproductive health concern. Kiragu K. Research and Evaluation Division, Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012, USA. PIP: The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is thought to be 2000 years old and continues today in many areas of Africa, the Mid-East, andContinue reading “Female genital mutilation: a reproductive health concern.”

Awareness, perception and practice of female genital mutilation among expectant mothers in Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos, north-central Nigeria.

Niger J Med. 2010 Jul-Sep;19(3):311-5. Awareness, perception and practice of female genital mutilation among expectant mothers in Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos, north-central Nigeria. Dattijo LM, Nyango DD, Osagie OE. Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. Lamaran2@yahoo.com BACKGROUND: WHO estimates that some 130 million women worldwide are affected, and everyContinue reading “Awareness, perception and practice of female genital mutilation among expectant mothers in Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos, north-central Nigeria.”

Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century.

J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2011 Jun;24(6):833-6. Epub 2010 Dec 1. Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century. Chibber R, El-Saleh E, El Harmi J. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College Of Medicine Kuwait University/King Faisal University Dammam, Safat 13110, Kuwait. OBJECTIVES: To assess the incidence of female circumcision/female genitalContinue reading “Female circumcision: obstetrical and psychological sequelae continues unabated in the 21st century.”

Knowledge of female genital mutilation among healthcare professionals.

J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Feb;27(2):161-4. Knowledge of female genital mutilation among healthcare professionals. Zaidi N, Khalil A, Roberts C, Browne M. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Manor Hospital Walsall NHS Trust, Walsall, UK. naseemzaidi@doctors.org.uk ABSTRACT The World Health Organisation estimates that 2 million women undergo some form of female genital mutilation (FGM) annually. Because ofContinue reading “Knowledge of female genital mutilation among healthcare professionals.”