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Table 5 Contribution of specific African countries to FGM/C publications (1930 – 2015)

From: Bibliometric analysis of literature on female genital mutilation: (1930 – 2015)

No

Countrya

Number of publications

SCP

MCP

1

Burkina Faso

5

1 (20)

4 (80.0)

2

Djibouti

2

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

3

Egypt

36

30 (83.33)

6 (16.77)

4

Ethiopia

10

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

5

Gambia

4

0 (0.0)

4 (100)

6

Ghana

4

1 (25.0)

3 (75.0)

7

Kenya

9

3 (33.33)

6 (66.77)

8

Mali

2

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

9

Nigeria

52

41 (78.85)

11 (21.15)

10

Senegal

6

2 (33.33)

4 (66.77)

11

Sierra Leone

1

0 (0.0)

1 (100)

12

Sudan

17

9 (52.94)

8 (47.06)

13

Uganda

2

0 (0.0)

2 (100.0)

14

United Republic of Tanzania

1

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

 

Total

151

91 (60.26)

60 (39.74)

  1. FGM/C female genital mutilation/cutting, SCP single country publication, MCP multiple country publications
  2. aCountries were selected based on the UNICEF list of African countries in which FGM/C is a common practice. Only African countries were studied. The following African countries have zero contribution to FGM/C publications and were not listed in the table: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, and Togo