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. 2021 Nov:2:100206.
doi: 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100206. Epub 2021 Oct 16.

COVID-19's threat to the progress in the fight against female genital mutilation in Africa

Shuaibu Saidu Musa  1 , Emery Manirambona  2 , Goodness Ogeyi Odey  3 , Dawa Gyeltshen  4 , Blessing Abai Sunday  5 , Amusile Olayemi  6 , Ouma Atieno Sarah  7 , Don Eliseo Lucero-PrisnoIII  8
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COVID-19's threat to the progress in the fight against female genital mutilation in Africa

Shuaibu Saidu Musa et al. Public Health Pract (Oxf). 2021 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; FGM.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationship that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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