Obstetric management of women with female genital mutilation
@article{Rashid2007ObstetricMO, title={Obstetric management of women with female genital mutilation}, author={Mumtaz Rashid and Mohammed H. Rashid}, journal={The Obstetrician \& Gynaecologist}, year={2007}, volume={9} }
• Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of the female genitalia for non‐medical reasons. • The practice is illegal in the United Kingdom. • It is estimated that one woman dies every 10 minutes from the sequelae of the procedure. • Healthcare professionals require adequate training in the clinical management of women with this condition and they also need to demonstrate great cultural sensitivity. • In types III and IV the narrowed vaginal opening is likely to cause obstetric…
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- 2016
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Female genital mutilation remains a source of abuse to females despite efforts to eradicate it, individual perception does not depend on the degree of complication experienced and there is need for increased education and enlightenment on its dangers.
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- 2017
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- 2015
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- Medicine
- 2018
The effect of changes in the legislation of 2015, which made reporting of FGM in girls under 18 mandatory, was determined to determine the ability of frontline professionals to protect girls from female genital mutilation.
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- Medicine
- 2017
Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of female genital mutilation among Somali community in Eastleigh, Nairobi County found that there is a need for campaigns that will target behavioral changes toward the practice, using those who have already abandoned the practice as community role models.
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