Trend in female genital mutilation and its associated adverse birth outcomes: A 10-year retrospective birth registry study in Northern Tanzania

Issa Rashid Suleiman; Eusebious Maro; Benjamin C. Shayo; Julius Pius Alloyce; Gileard Masenga; Michael J. Mahande; Bariki Mchome

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0244888

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Trend in female genital mutilation and its associated adverse birth outcomes: A 10-year retrospective birth registry study in Northern Tanzania

Issa Rashid Suleiman ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: suleimanissa04@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4097-0226

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Eusebious Maro,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Benjamin C. Shayo,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Julius Pius Alloyce,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre Moshi, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-0315

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Gileard Masenga,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Michael J. Mahande,

Roles Visualization

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania
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Bariki Mchome

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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Trend in female genital mutilation and its associated adverse birth outcomes: A 10-year retrospective birth registry study in Northern Tanzania

Issa Rashid Suleiman,
Eusebious Maro,
Benjamin C. Shayo,
Julius Pius Alloyce,
Gileard Masenga,
Michael J. Mahande,
Bariki Mchome

Published: January 6, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244888

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