Clinical 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.): Annex 1 · Information needed to develop a local protocol

Clinical 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.)

		(introduction...)
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Abbreviations and acronyms used in this guide
		Introduction
		STEP 1 - Making preparations to offer medical care to rape survivors
		STEP 2 - Preparing the survivor for the examination
		STEP 3 - Taking the history
		STEP 4 - Collecting forensic evidence
		STEP 5 - Performing the physical and genital examination
		STEP 6 - Prescribing treatments
		STEP 7 - Counselling the survivor
		STEP 8 - Follow-up care of the survivor
		Annex 1 · Information needed to develop a local protocol
		Annex 2 · Sample consent form
		Annex 3 · Sample history and examination form
		Annex 4 · Pictograms
		Annex 5 · Protocols for treatment of STIs
		Annex 6 · Protocols for post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection
		Annex 7 · Protocols for emergency contraception
		Annex 8 · Minimum care for rape survivors in low-resource settings
		Annex 9 · Additional resource materials

Annex 1 · Information needed to develop a local protocol

Checklist developed for refugee camps in the United Republic of Tanzania

Certain information is needed before a local protocol can be developed. The following table shows the information collected in the United Republic of Tanzania and where this information was found.

Information needed	Where the information was found
*Medical laws and legal procedures*
Abortion laws	Ministry of Health
Emergency contraception regulations	Ministry of Health
Foster placement and adoption laws and procedures	Ministry of Community Development, Women Affairs and Children
Crime reporting requirements and obligations, for adult or child survivors	Ministry of Justice
Police and other forms required	Ministry of Home Affairs
*Forensic evidence*
Which medical practitioner can give medical evidence in court (e.g. doctor, nurse, etc)	Ministry of Justice
Training for medical staff in forensic examination (of adult or child survivors)	Ministry of Health
Evidence allowed/used in court for adult and child rape cases that can be collected by medical staff	Ministry of Justice
Forensic evidence tests possible in country (e.g. DNA, acid phosphatase)	Forensic laboratory in capital
How to collect, store and send evidence samples	Forensic laboratory in capital; laboratory at regional level
Existing "rape kits" or protocols for evidence collection	Referral hospital at regional level or in capital
*Medical protocols*
National STI protocol	Ministry of Health
Vaccination availability and schedules	Ministry of Health
Location of voluntary HIV counselling and testing services	National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health
Confirmatory HIV testing strategy and laboratory services	UNHCR, National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health, Regional Medical Officer
Possibilities/protocols/referral of post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection	National AIDS Control Program, Ministry of Health
Clinical referral possibilities (e.g. psychiatry, surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology/obstetrics)	Referral hospital at regional level