Topic: Violence and abuse

Health sector involvement in the management of female genital mutilation/cutting in 30 countries

The study aimed at mapping the Health sector involvment in the management of FGM/C in both countries of origin and countries of migration. It includes data on the existence, implementation, funding and monitoring and evaluation of health policies, training and conduct of Health care providers, availability of medical services for complications of FGM/C and the use of codes for FGM/C in medical registries.

 
2016 This project has been completed 2017

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Johansen, R. E. B., Ziyada, M. M., Shell-Duncan, B., Kaplan, A., & Leye, E. (2018). Health sector involvement in the management of female genital mutilation/cutting in 30 countries. BMC Health Services Research, 18(240). doi:10.1186/s12913-018-3033-x