Nigeria: WHO Issues New Recommendations to End Rising 'Medicalised' FGM

Nigeria: WHO Issues New Recommendations to End Rising 'Medicalised' FGM

The statement noted that in 2020, an estimated 52 million girls and women were subjected to FGM at the hands of health workers

What Are WHO's New Recommendations To End Female Genital Mutilation?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) published new guidelines to curtail the rising 'medicalisation' of female genital mutilation and mobilise health workers to prevent the practice. Although the health sector plays a key role in ending FGM and supporting survivors, evidence suggests the practice is now increasingly performed by health professionals. The new guidelines, titled The Prevention of Female Genital Mutilation and Clinical Management of…