Female genital cutting: current practices and beliefs in western Africa

Author:

Sipsma Heather L1,Chen Peggy G1,Ofori-Atta Angela2,Ilozumba Ukwuoma O3,Karfo Kapouné4,Bradley Elizabeth H1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, Yale University, 2 Church Street South, New Haven, CT 06519, United States of America (USA).

2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana.

3. Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

4. Department of Psychiatry, Ouagadougou University School of Medicine, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Publisher

WHO Press

Subject

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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