[afro-nets] RFI: SOPs/Guidelines within the health sector on Providing Immediate Medical Response to victims of child abuse and sexual violence

General afro-nets
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Dear Afro-nets members,

I am looking for Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedures for service providers in the health sector on providing immediate medical response to victims of child abuse including those experiencing sexual violence.

Please send me a version used in your country or online linkage to where I can get this information. Although not limited to West Africa, I will appreciate some from Anglophone West Africa. My email is georgekivumbi@yahoo.com

Thanks for your usual support

George W Kivumbi, PhD
Global Development Consultant
Washington Research and Training Institute
mail:georgekivumbi@yahoo.com

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Hi George,

A former Master’s student from Kenya has conducted research in this area and is furthering her work through a PhD. We, along with other colleagues, are in the process of submitting a manuscript based on her work. Here are two references that might be of use (and look through their references as well):
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2704033/pdf/08-052340.pdf (look at figure1)
http://www.popcouncil.org/uploads/pdfs/2012RH_APHIAII_IntimatePartnerViol.pdf

She should be able to share Kenya's procedures with you (thanks Cynthia!)

Hope this helps! Good luck!

Viva
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Viva Combs Thorsen, PhD, MPhil, MPH
Postdoc Fellow
University of Oslo
Institute of Health and Society
Dept of Community Medicine/Ctr for Medical Ethics
PO Box 1130 Blindern
N-0318 Oslo NORWAY
Phone: +47 22 85 0587
Fax: +47 22 85 0672
mailto:v.c.thorsen@medisin.uio.no