Female life expectancy, maternal mortality, fertility and birth rates of female genital mutilation high prevalence countries

Female genital mutilation/cutting FGM/C is the process of removing part or all of the female external genitalia. Twenty-nine countries are known to be FGM/C prevalent. The prevalent countries are mostly in Sub Saharan Africa, Middle East, and Asia. FGM/C prevalence countries have total high fertilit...

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Main Authors: Hilary I. Okagbue, Ogochukwu A. Ijezie, Vadim O. Samusenkov, Ezinne C. Erondu, Grace A. Eze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-11-01
Series:Scientific African
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227620303835