- CBT
cognitive behavioural therapy
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
- CRC
Convention on the Rights of the Child
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declaration of interest
- ERG
External Review Group
- FGM
female genital mutilation
- GDG
Guideline Development Group
- GRADE
Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
- HRP
UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
- IEC
information, education and communication
- NGO
nongovernmental organization
- OHCHR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
- PICO
population, intervention, comparator, outcome
- PTSD
post-traumatic stress disorder
- UN
United Nations
- UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
- UNHCR
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- UNICEF
United Nations Children's Fund
- UNIFEM
United Nations Development Fund for Women (now UN Women)
- UTI
urinary tract infection
- WHO
World Health Organization
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WHO Guidelines on the Management of Health Complications from Female Genital Mutilation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016. Acronyms and abbreviations.