National and international programmatic perspective on facilitators and barriers for Sudan's health sector response on female genital mutilation (2016-2018): a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the facilitators and barriers that affected the design and implementation of the first 3 years of Sudan's largest health programme on female genital mutilation (FGM).

Design

We used a qualitative case study guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to conduct in-depth interviews with programme managers and for thematic data analysis.

Setting

About 14 million girls and women in Sudan are affected by FGM, which is mainly performed by midwives (77%). Since 2016, Sudan has received substantial donor funding to develop and implement the largest global health programme to stop midwives' involvement and improve the quality of FGM prevention and care services.

Participants

Eight Sudanese and two international programme manag

SUBMITTER: Ahmed W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10367081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature