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World Service,11 Jun 2006,26 mins,

Female Genital Mutilation

Health Check
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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Complications during childbirth caused by female genital mutilation puts newborn babies at risk of serious harm or even death. This programme explores the issue and interviews a victim of the practice from Somalia. Also on the programme women all over the world live longer than men, what does blood pressure have to do with it? And a look at polio.

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