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Prevalence of female genital cutting among Egyptian girls

Author(s) -

Mohammed A Tag-Eldin

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.042093

Subject(s) - demography , government (linguistics) , medicine , socioeconomics , female circumcision , rural area , geography , public health , gynecology , sociology , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , nursing

Female genital cutting (FGC) is the collective name given to traditional practices that involve partial or total cutting away of the female external genitalia whether for cultural or other non-therapeutic reasons. In Egypt, the result of the Demographic Health Survey in 2000 revealed that 97% of married women included in the survey experienced FGC. The aim of this study is to measure the prevalence of FGC among schoolgirls in Egypt.

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