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WHO Guidelines on the Management of Health Complications from Female Genital Mutilation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2016.

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WHO Guidelines on the Management of Health Complications from Female Genital Mutilation.

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Acronyms and abbreviations

CBT

cognitive behavioural therapy

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

DOI

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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