Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Sexual violence in the protracted conflict of DRC programming for rape survivors in South Kivu. | Conflict and Health BioMed Central Open Access Sexual violence in the protracted conflict of DRC programming for rape survivors in South Kivu Birthe Steiner 1 Marie T Benner2 Egbert Sondorp3 K Peter Schmitz2 Ursula Mesmer4 and Sandrine Rosenberger5 Address 1Independent Researcher Krefeld Germany 2Malteser International Cologne Germany 3London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London UK 4Malteser International Bukavu DR Congo and 5Malteser International Kinshasa DR Congo Email Birthe Steiner - Marie T Benner - Egbert Sondorp - K Peter Schmitz - Ursula Mesmer - umesmer@ Sandrine Rosenberger - Corresponding author Published 15 March 2009 Received 9 October 2008 Conflict and Health 2009 3 3 doi l752-l505-3-3 Accepted 15 March 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 3 2009 Steiner et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Despite international acknowledgement of the linkages between sexual violence and conflict reliable data on its prevalence the circumstances characteristics of perpetrators and physical or mental health impacts is rare. Among the conflicts that have been associated with widespread sexual violence has been the one in the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC . Methods From 2003 till to date Malteser International has run a medico-social support programme for rape survivors in South Kivu province DRC. In the context of this programme a host of data was collected. We present these data and discuss the findings within the frame of available literature. .
