Estimating the obstetric costs of female genital mutilation in six African countries

• Autori principali: Taghreed Adam (Autore), Heli Bathija (Autore), David Bishai (Autore), Yung-Ting Bonnenfant (Autore), Manal Darwish (Autore), Dale Huntington (Autore), Elise Johansen (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: The World Health Organization.
• Soggetti: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the cost to the health system of obstetric complications due to female genital mutilation (FGM) in six African countries. METHODS: A multistate model depicted six cohorts of 100 000 15-year-old girls who survived until the age of 45 years. Cohort members were modelled to have...