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

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.)

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		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

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A guide to the development of protocols for use in refugee and internally displaced person situations

An Outcome of the
Inter-Agency Lessons Learned Conference:
Prevention and Response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Refugee Situations 27-29 March 2001 · Geneva

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