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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0121-0807</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Universidad Industrial de Santander. Salud]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Univ. Ind. Santander. Salud]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0121-0807</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Industrial de Santander]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0121-08072019000200169</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18273/revsal.v51n2-2019008</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mutilación genital femenina: un riesgo incrementado por la indiferencia social]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Female genital mutilation: an increased risk by social indifference]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Quirama]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrea]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rojas Betancur]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Hector Mauricio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Industrial de Santander  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bucaramanga ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>51</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>169</fpage>
<lpage>173</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000200169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000200169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0121-08072019000200169&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La Mutilación Genital Femenina (MGF) constituye una grave violación a los derechos humanos, de la mujer y de la niñez. Si bien se considera una práctica ancestral en algunas culturas, y es justificada y reproducida bajo el relativismo cultural, es un problema que requiere una mayor atención de las instituciones en general y de la salud pública en particular. Colombia es uno de los pocos países en el continente que reporta casos de prácticas de mutilación; sin embargo, el problema es mundial, no solo por los altos flujos de migración de población en alto riesgo en Europa y Norteamérica, sino porque es un imperativo global erradicar de una de las peores formas de violencia contra la mujer.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Female genital mutilation constitutes a grave violation of human, women and children rights. It is considered an ancestral practice in some cultures, where it is justified and reproduced under the cultural relativism. It is a problem that requires greater attention of the institutions in general and public health in particular. Colombia is one of the few countries in America that reported cases of mutilation practices. However, the problem is global by large flows of high risk migrants to Europe and North America. Its eradication is a global imperative because it is one of the worst types of violence against women.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[derechos humanos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Female genital mutilation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[public health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[children]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human rights]]></kwd>
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