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Female circumcision: Limiting the harm [PDF]
F1000Research, 2012 Objective: To review the strength of evidence that links many health hazards to female genital cutting.Material and methods: Literature search in Medline/Pubmed and Google scholar.Results: Female genital cutting is still practiced secretly in both underdeveloped and developed countries due to prevailing strong traditional beliefs. There is insufficient
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Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002 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 whether there is an association between female circumcision and ...
Essén Birgitta +5 more
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Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, 2014 Circumcision is an age-long tradition in Africa. Both sexes are often circumcised; however, female circumcision has significantly reduced in some African societies while the practice of male circumcision still continues.
Aliyu Ibrahim
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Proven HIV Prevention Strategies [PDF]
, 2009 Describes strategies that, used in combination, have proven to be effective in preventing sexual, blood-borne, and mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 1992 A, Assali +3 more
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Financing structural interventions: going beyond HIV-only value for money assessments.
, 2014 OBJECTIVE: Structural interventions can reduce HIV vulnerability. However, HIV-specific budgeting, based on HIV-specific outcomes alone, could lead to the undervaluation of investments in such interventions and suboptimal resource allocation.
Luna, Jorge +4 more
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Debunking myths about female circumcision
African Journal of Urology, 2013 Catherine deVries
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The determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors : evidence from Lesotho [PDF]
This paper analyzes the socioeconomic determinants of HIV infection and related sexual behaviors using the 2004Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey.
Corno, Lucia, de Walque, Damien
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Inspiring Change for Women's Rights and Dignity [PDF]
, 2014 A special one-day event organized by the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights shed light on the challenges women face in exercising their fundamental rights to access water, sanitation,
Sarah Simpson
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An Analysis of Major Issues for Culturally-Minded Professionals in Women\u27s Health Care [PDF]
, 2019 Women\u27s health care professionals, such as general physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists, midwives, nurses, and doulas, in the US need to be aware of cultural issues and disparities.
Clark, Victoria
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