Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 18, Issue 35 , Pages 64-73 , May 2010

“Cutting for love”: genital incisions to enhance sexual desirability and commitment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  • Fiona Scorgie

      Affiliations

    • Technical Advisor, Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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  • Mags Beksinska

      Affiliations

    • Technical Advisor, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit & Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • ,
  • Matthew Chersich

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, and Technical Advisor, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • ,
  • Busi Kunene

      Affiliations

    • Project Director, Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, Johannesburg, South Africa
    • ,
  • Adriane Martin Hilber

      Affiliations

    • Senior Researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Jennifer Smit

      Affiliations

    • Senior Director, Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit & Maternal Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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PII: S0968-8080(10)35500-5

doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(10)35500-5

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 18, Issue 35 , Pages 64-73 , May 2010

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