Tag Archives: Tanzania

Changing practices and shifting meanings of female genital cutting among the Maasai of Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania.

Cult Health Sex. 2017 Apr 18:1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1313449. [Epub ahead of print] Changing practices and shifting meanings of female genital cutting among the Maasai of Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania. Van Bavel H, Coene G, Leye E. ABSTRACT Using mixed methods that combined participant observation and semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study looked at changing practices and shifting meaningsContinue reading “Changing practices and shifting meanings of female genital cutting among the Maasai of Arusha and Manyara regions of Tanzania.”

Female genital cutting in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: changing attitudes?

Trop Med Int Health. 2002 FEB; 7 (2): 159-165 Female genital cutting in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: changing attitudes? Msuya SE, Mbizvo E, Hussain A, Sundby J, Sam NE, Stray-Pedersen B ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES  To study the prevalence, type, social correlates and attitudes towards female genital cutting (FGC) among urban women in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; and to examine theContinue reading “Female genital cutting in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: changing attitudes?”

Self-reported and observed female genital cutting in rural Tanzania: associated demographic factors, HIV and sexually transmitted infections.

Trop Med Int Health. 2005 Jan;10(1):105-15. Self-reported and observed female genital cutting in rural Tanzania: associated demographic factors, HIV and sexually transmitted infections. Klouman E, Manongi R, Klepp KI. Department of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. elise.klouman@medisin.uio.no OBJECTIVES: To determine (i) the prevalence and type of femaleContinue reading “Self-reported and observed female genital cutting in rural Tanzania: associated demographic factors, HIV and sexually transmitted infections.”

Regarding “male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania”.

Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;17(11):923-5; author reply 928-9. Epub 2007 Aug 28. Regarding “male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in virgins and adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania”. Adams J, Trinitapoli J, Poulin M. Letter / Comment on Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;17(3):217-26. SEE This letter can be purchased in this LINK