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Burkino Faso                       Senegal
Central African Republic     Sudan      
Djibouti                               Tanzania  
Egypt                                   Uganda
Ethiopia                               Multinational
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Ghana
Guinea
 Kenya
Lesotho
Nigeria
Rwanda

  
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Burkino Faso
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  Maternal and foetal prognostic in excised women delivery.
Millogo-Traore F, Kaba ST, Thieba B, et al
J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2007 Jun;36(4):393-398.
Abstract
Central African Republic
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  Determinants of coital frequency among married women in Central African Republic:
the role of female genital cutting.
Stewart H, Morison L, White R.
J Biosoc Sci. 2002 Oct;34(4):525-39.
 Abstract
Djibouti
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  Management of female genital mutilation in Djibouti: the Peltier General hospital
experience.
Collinet P, Stien L, Vinatier D, Leroy JL.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2002 Nov;81(11):1074-7
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Egypt
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Prevalence of female genital cutting in Upper Egypt: 6 years after enforcement of prohibition
law.
Hassanin IM, Saleh R, Bedaiwy AA, et al
Reprod Biomed Online. 2008 Mar;16 Suppl 1:27-31
 Abstract
 
What do medical students in Alexandria know about female genital mutilation?
Mostafa SR, El Zeiny NA, Tayel SE, Moubarak EI.
East Mediterr Health J. 2006;12 Suppl 2:S78-92
Abstract
 
Female genital cutting and reproductive experience in Minya, Egypt.
Yount KM, Carrera JS.
Med Anthropol Q. 2006 Jun;20(2):182-211
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Female genital mutilation and domestic violence among Egyptian women.
Refaat A, Dandash KF, el Defrawi MH, Eyada M.
J Sex Marital Ther 2001 Oct-Dec;27(5):593-8
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Like mother, like daughter? Female genital cutting in Minia, Egypt.
Yount KM.
Health Soc Behav. 2002 Sep;43(3):336-58.
 Abstract
 
The decline of female circumcision in Egypt: evidence and interpretation.
El-Gibaly O, Ibrahim B, Mensch BS, Clark WH.
Soc Sci Med. 2002 Jan;54(2):205-20.
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Female genital mutilation and domestic violence among Egyptian women.
Refaat A, Dandash KF, el Defrawi MH, Eyada M.
Sex Marital Ther. 2001 Oct-Dec;27(5):593-8.
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        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Medicalization of Female Genital Cutting in Egypt
AH Refaat
 (134 APHA)
 Abstract
Ethiopia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
HIV/AIDS and female genital mutilation in the Somali's nomads of eastern Ethiopia:
a discussion paper.
Omar M, Mohamed K.
World Hosp Health Serv. 2006;42(3):27-31
 Abstract

Female genital mutilation in eastern Ethiopia.
Missailidis K, Gebre-Medhin M.
Lancet. 2000 Jul 8;356(9224):137-
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        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Strategic Impact Inquiry to Evaluate Empowerment of Women in relation to FGC
(Female Genital Cutting) in Afar/Ethiopia
B Pose,  A Ayele, S Buchanan,  A Kidanewold
(135 APHA)
 Abstract
Gambia
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Are there "stages of change" in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research
findings from Senegal and The Gambia.
Shell-Duncan B, Herniund Y.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):57-71
 Abstract

The long-term reproductive health consequences of female genital cutting in rural Gambia: 
 a community-based survey.
Morison L, Scherf C, Ekpo G, Paine K, 
Trop Med Int Health 2001 Aug;6(8):643-53
 Abstract

Ghana
                                                              

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
FULL TEXT ARTICLE
Trends in the prevalence of female genital mutilation and its effect on delivery outcomes
in the kassena-nankana district of northern ghana.
Oduro A, Ansah P, Hodgson A, et al
Ghana Med J. 2006 Sep;40(3):87-92.
Paper

Males' preference for circumcised women in northern Ghana.
Sakeah E, Beke A, Doctor HV, Hodgson AV.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):37-47.
 Abstract

        Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Female genital mutilation (FGM) in Ghana: A human rights approach to its eradication
MA Ako
 Abstract
Guinea
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
The Effects of Female Genital Mutilation on the Onset of Sexual Activity and
Marriage in Guinea.
Van Rossem R, Gage AJ.
Arch Sex Behav. 2007 Oct 18;
Abstract

Community-based survey on female genital excision in Faranah District, Guinea.
Keita D, Blankhart D.
Reprod Health Matters. 2001 Nov;9(18):135-42
Abstract
Kenya
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Attitudes and awareness of female genital mutilation: a questionnaire-based study in a
Kenyan hospital.
Livermore L, Monteiro R, Rymer J, et al
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Nov;27(8):816-8.
Abstract
 
Female genital cutting and HIV/AIDS among Kenyan women.
Yount KM, Abraham BK.
Stud Fam Plann. 2007 Jun;38(2):73-88.
 Abstract

Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins
and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania.
Brewer DD, Potterat JJ, Roberts JM Jr, Brody S.
Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;17(3):217-226.
Abstract

Conformity and change: community effects on female genital cutting in Kenya.
Hayford SR.
J Health Soc Behav. 2005 Jun;46(2):121-40.
Abstract

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

 
Overcoming challenges in female genital mutilation (FGM) and HIV/AIDS infection
among teenage girls in Kenya
Irungu P., Ragi A., Munene M., Mugambi A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract

Female genital mutilation (fgm) and HIV: a new culture is born
H N Njiru
 (15IAC)
Abstract

Lesotho
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins
and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania.
Brewer DD, Potterat JJ, Roberts JM Jr, Brody S.
Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;17(3):217-226.
Abstract
Nigeria
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Genital lesions complicating female genital cutting in infancy: a hospital-based study in
south-east Nigeria.
Ekenze SO, Ezegwui HU, Adiri CO.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2007 Dec;27(4):285-90.
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Impact of a communication programme on female genital cutting in eastern Nigeria.
Babalola S, Brasington A, Agbasimalo A, et al
Trop Med Int Health. 2006 Oct;11(10):1594-603
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Trends in female circumcision between 1933 and 2003 in Osun and Ogun States, Nigeria
(a cohort analysis).
Adeokun LA, Oduwole M, Oronsaye F, et al
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):48-56.
 Abstract
 
Female genital mutilation: knowledge, attitude and practice among nurses.
Onuh SO, Igberase GO, Umeora JO, et al
tl Med Assoc. 2006 Mar;98(3):409-14.
 Abstract

Knowledge, attitude and practice of female genital cutting among antenatal patients in
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.
Abubakar I, Iliyasu Z, Kabir M, et al
Niger J Med. 2004 Jul-Sep;13(3):254-8. R
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Prevalence and medicalization of female genital mutilation.
Ugboma HA, Akani CI, Babatunde S
Niger J Med. 2004 Jul-Sep;13(3):250-3.
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Female genital mutilation: an analysis of 522 cases in South-Western Nigeria.
Dare FO, Oboro VO, Fadiora SO, et al
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2004 Apr;24(3):281-3.
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Comparative study of meanings, beliefs, and practices of female circumcision among
three Nigerian tribes in the United States and Nigeria.
Anuforo PO, Oyedele L, Pacquiao DF. et al
J Transcult Nurs. 2004 Apr;15(2):103-13
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Female genital mutilation in Nigeria.
Mandara MU
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2004 Mar;84(3):291-8
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Neuroma of the clitoris after female genital cutting.
Fernandez-Aguilar S, Noel JC.
Obstet Gynecol. 2003 May;101(5 Pt 2):1053-
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Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: explanatory
factors and analytical consequences.
Jackson EF, Akweongo P, Sakeah E,
Stud Fam Plann. 2003 Sep;34(3):200-10.
Abstract
 
Female genital mutilation and the unborn female child in southwest Nigeria.
Ogunlola IO, Orji EO, Owolabi AT.
J Obstet Gynaecol. 2003 Mar;23(2):143-5
Abstract
 
The association between female genital cutting and correlates of sexual and gynaecological
morbidity in Edo State, Nigeria.
Okonofu FE, Larsen U, Oronsaye F, et al
BJOG. 2002 Oct;109(10):1089-96.
 Abstract
 
The impact of female genital cutting on first delivery in southwest Nigeria
Slanger TE, Snow RC, Okonofua FE.
Stud Fam Plann. 2002 Jun;33(2):173-84
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Female genital cutting in southern urban and peri-urban Nigeria: self-reported validity,
social determinants and secular decline.
Snow RC, Slanger TE, Okonofua FE, et al
Trop Med Int Health. 2002 Jan;7(1):91-100.
 Abstract

      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 

  Female genital mutilation: a co-factor of HIV transmission in Nigeria
 Riman H.B., Elliot P.O
 XVI International AIDS Conference)
Abstract
Rwanda
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Rwandan female genital modification: elongation of the Labia minora and the use of local
botanical species.
Koster M, Price LL.
Cult Health Sex. 2008 Feb;10(2):191-204.
 Abstract
Senegal
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Are there "stages of change" in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research
findings from Senegal and The Gambia.
Shell-Duncan B, Herniund Y.
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):57-71
 Abstract

Posttraumatic stress disorder and memory problems after female genital mutilation.
Behrendt A, Moritz S.
Am J Psychiatry. 2005 May;162(5):1000-2
 Abstract

Sudan
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Prevalence and determinants of the practice of genital mutilation of girls in Khartoum, Sudan.
Satti A, Elmusharaf S, Bedri H, et al
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Dec;26(4):303-10.
Abstract
 
Being victims or beneficiaries? Perspectives on female genital cutting and reinfibulation in
Sudan.
Berggren V, Musa Ahmed S, Hernlund Y, et al
Afr J Reprod Health. 2006 Aug;10(2):24-36.
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Sexuality issues in the movement to abolish female genital cutting in Sudan.
Gruenbaum E.
Med Anthropol Q. 2006 Mar;20(1):121-38.
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An explorative study of Sudanese midwives' motives, perceptions and experiences of
re-infibulation after birth.
Berggren V, Abdel Salam G, Bergstrom S,
Midwifery. 2004 Dec;20(4):299-311.
 Abstract

Female genital mutilation in the Sudan: survey of the attitude of Khartoum university
students towards this practice.
Herieka E, Dhar J.
Sex Transm Infect. 2003 Jun;79(3):220-3.
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The effects of type of female circumcision on infertility and fertility in Sudan.
Larsen U.
J Biosoc Sci. 2002 Jul;34(3):363-77.
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Tanzania
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
Male and Female Circumcision Associated With Prevalent HIV Infection in Virgins
and Adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania.
Brewer DD, Potterat JJ, Roberts JM Jr, Brody S.
Ann Epidemiol. 2007 Mar;17(3):217-226.
Abstract

Self-reported and observed female genital cutting in rural Tanzania: associated
demographic factors, HIV and sexually transmitted infections.
Klouman E, Manongi R, Klepp KI.
 Trop Med Int Health. 2005 Jan;10(1):105-15.
 Abstract

Female genital cutting in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: changing attitudes?
Msuya SE, Mbizvo E, Hussain A, et al
Trop Med Int Health. 2002 Feb;7(2):159-65.
 Abstract
 
      Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Female circumcision and HIV infection in Tanzania: for better or for worse?
RY Stallings,  K Karugendo
(3rd IAS)
Abstract
Uganda
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
Immigrants with female circumcision in Switzerland: background information and
recommendations for medical practice
Thierfelder C, Hatz Ch, Bodiang CK.
Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 2003 Jul 30;92(31-32):1307-14.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Female genital mutilation in Switzerland: a survey among gynaecologists.
Jager F, Schulze S, Hohlfeld P.
Swiss Med Wkly 2002 May 18;132(19-20):259-64
Paper

Female genital mutilation meets Swedish health care. Female genital mutilation is one
of manyforms of discrimination of women in the world
Andersson C.
Lakartidningen. 2001 May 16;98(20):2470-3.
Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters 
 
  Impact of HIV/AIDS education in the eradication of female genital mutilation (fgm)
B Ruharo, A G Coutinho, R S Nvule
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Multinational
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
  Female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome: WHO collaborative prospective study in six
African countries.WHO study group on female genital mutilation and obstetric outcome,
Banks E, Meirik O, Farley T, et al
Lancet. 2006 Jun 3;367(9525):1835-41.
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