Female genital cutting and long-term health consequences – Nationally representative estimates across 13 Countries (2015)
This study is a Correlation research regarding All FGM/C with the following characteristics:
Author(s): Wagner Natascha
FGM/C Type(s): All
Health area of focus: None.
Objective: To compare long-term health outcomes across cut and uncut women.
Study Population: Women
Findings: Consistent with medical research,no evidence of general health impairments or decreased fertility induced by female genital cutting (FGC) is found; rather cut women have more children. The most pronounced long-term health impairments are a 24 per cent increase in the odds of contracting sexually transmitted infections and a 15 per cent increase in genital problems. Concomitantly,the odds that a cut woman will marry before an uncut woman are 13 per cent
Geographical coverage
Region(s):Western Africa,Eastern Africa,Middle Africa
Country(ies):Benin,Burkina Faso,Cameroon,Chad,Ethiopia,Ghana,Guinea,Kenya,Mali,Nigeria,Niger,Senegal,Sierra Leone