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close this bookClinical Management of Survivors of Rape - A Guide to the Development of Protocols for Use in Refugee and Internally Displaced Person Situations (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) / Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados (ACNUR) - WHO - OMS, 2001, 46 p.)
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View the documentPreface
View the documentAcknowledgements
View the documentAbbreviations and acronyms used in this guide
View the documentIntroduction
View the documentSTEP 1 - Making preparations to offer medical care to rape survivors
View the documentSTEP 2 - Preparing the survivor for the examination
View the documentSTEP 3 - Taking the history
View the documentSTEP 4 - Collecting forensic evidence
View the documentSTEP 5 - Performing the physical and genital examination
View the documentSTEP 6 - Prescribing treatments
View the documentSTEP 7 - Counselling the survivor
View the documentSTEP 8 - Follow-up care of the survivor
View the documentAnnex 1 · Information needed to develop a local protocol
View the documentAnnex 2 · Sample consent form
View the documentAnnex 3 · Sample history and examination form
View the documentAnnex 4 · Pictograms
View the documentAnnex 5 · Protocols for treatment of STIs
View the documentAnnex 6 · Protocols for post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection
View the documentAnnex 7 · Protocols for emergency contraception
View the documentAnnex 8 · Minimum care for rape survivors in low-resource settings
View the documentAnnex 9 · Additional resource materials

Abbreviations and acronyms used in this guide

ARV

antiretroviral

DT

diphtheria and tetanus toxoids

DTP

diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis vaccine

ECP

emergency contraceptive pills

ELISA

enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

HBV

hepatitis B virus

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

IDP

internally displaced person

IUD

intrauterine device

PEP

post-exposure prophylaxis

RPR

rapid plasma reagin

STI

sexually transmitted infection

Td

tetanus toxoid and reduced diphtheria toxoid

TIG

tetanus immunoglobulin

TT

tetanus toxoid

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

VCT

voluntary counselling and testing

WHO

World Health Organization