The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for urgent measures “to curtail rising medicalisation of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)” and to engage health workers to prevent the practice.
The global health body said on Monday in a statement that the call is in a new guideline published on 25 April.
WHO said while the health sector plays a key role in stopping FGM and supporting survivors in several parts of the world, evidence suggests the practice is now increasingly…
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