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Multinational/Regional
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
  Female genital mutilation: a systematic review of research on its economic and social impacts across four decades.
Mpinga EK, Macias A, Hasselgard-Rowe J,
Glob Health Action. 2016 Jan;9(1):31489.
Abstract

Out of Eastern Africa: Defibulation and Sexual Function in Woman with Female Genital Mutilation.
Krause E, Brandner S, Mueller MD, Kuhn A. J
 Sex Med. 2011 Mar 2.
Abstract
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
 
Cote d'Ivoire
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Female genital mutilation and intimate partner violence in the Ivory Coast.
Peltzer K, Pengpid S.
BMC Womens Health. 2014 Jan 22;14(1):13.
Paper
Djibouti
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  FULL TEXT ARTICLE
 Female genital mutilation in Djibouti.
Martinelli M, Ollé-Goig J.
 Afr Health Sci. 2012 Dec;12(4):412-5.
 Paper

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
 Abstract

Egypt
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Women's position and attitudes towards female genital mutilation in Egypt: A secondary analysis of the Egypt demographic and health surveys, 1995-2014.
Van Rossem R, Meekers D, Gage AJ.
BMC Public Health. 2015 Sep 10;15(1):874.
Paper

FULL TEXT ARTICLE
The Association between Female Genital Cutting and Spousal HCV Infection in Egypt.
 Kenyon CR, Colebunders R.
Int J Hepatol. 2014;2014:164357.
Paper

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
 Abstract

Like mother, like daughter? Female genital cutting in Minia, Egypt.
Yount KM.
Health Soc Behav. 2002 Sep;43(3):336-58.
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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.
 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
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Female genital mutilation in eastern Ethiopia.
Missailidis K, Gebre-Medhin M.
Lancet. 2000 Jul 8;356(9224):137-
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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 

 
The limited effectiveness of legislation against female genital mutilation and the role of community beliefs in Upper East Region, Ghana.
Ako MA, Akweongo P.
Reprod Health Matters. 2009 Nov;17(34):47-54.
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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

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 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Spatial modelling and mapping of female genital mutilation in Kenya.
Achia TN.
 BMC Public Health. 2014 Mar 25;14(1):276.
Paper

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
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
Mali
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  The Association of Female Circumcision with HIV Status and Sexual Behavior in Mali: A Multilevel Analysis.
Smolak A.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Dec 27.
 Abstract

The association between female genital mutilation and intimate partner violence.
Salihu H, August E, Salemi J,  et al
BJOG. 2012 Aug 24.
Abstract
Nigeria
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Dispelling the myths and beliefs toward female genital cutting of woman: assessing general outpatient services at a tertiary health institution in Enugu state, Nigeria.
Ekwueme OC, Ezegwui HU, Ezeoke U.
East Afr J Public Health. 2010 Mar;7(1):64-7.
 Abstract

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.
 Abstract
 
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
 Abstract
 
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.
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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.
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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
 Abstract

Prevalence and medicalization of female genital mutilation.
Ugboma HA, Akani CI, Babatunde S
Niger J Med. 2004 Jul-Sep;13(3):250-3.
 Abstract
 
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
 Abstract
 
Neuroma of the clitoris after female genital cutting.
Fernandez-Aguilar S, Noel JC.
Obstet Gynecol. 2003 May;101(5 Pt 2):1053-
 Abstract
 
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.
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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
 Abstract
 
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

     

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
Sierra Leone
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
Gender differences in support for the discontinuation of female genital cutting in Sierra Leone.
Sagna ML.
Cult Health Sex. 2014 Apr 16:1-17.
Abstract
Senegal
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
Legislating Change? Responses to Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting in Senegal.
Shell-Duncan B, Hernlund Y, Wander K, Moreau A.
 Law Soc Rev. 2013 Dec 1;47(4):803-835.
Paper

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

Somalia
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
  Female genital mutilation reversal: a general approach.
Anand M, Stanhope TJ, Occhino JA.
Int Urogynecol J. 2014 Jan 22.
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Have we made progress in Somalia after 30 years of interventions? Attitudes toward female circumcision among people in the Hargeisa district.
Gele AA, Bø BP, Sundby J.
 BMC Res Notes. 2013 Mar 27;6:122.
 Paper
South Africa
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 

  Female genital mutilation: medico-legal issues.
Mswela M.Med Law.
2010 Dec;29(4):523-36
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.
 Abstract

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.
 Abstract
Tanzania
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
 
 
It is important to know that before, there was no lawalawa." Working to stop female genital mutilation in Tanzania.
Ali C, Strøm A.
Reprod Health Matters. 2012 Dec;20(40):69-75
 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

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.
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      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
 
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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