Sexual violence in the protracted conflict of DRC programming for rape survivors in South Kivu 英文参考文献.docVIP

Conflict and Health BioMedCentral Research 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* - steiner.birthe@gmx.de; Marie T Benner - mariet.benner@; Egbert Sondorp - Egbert.sondorp@lshtm.ac.uk; K Peter Schmitz - Peter.schmitz@; Ursula Mesmer - umesmer@; Sandrine Rosenberger - Sandrine.rosenberger@ * Corresponding author Published: 15 March 2009 Received: 9 October 2008 Accepted: 15 March 2009 Conflict and Health 2009, 3:3 doi:10.1186/1752-1505-3-3 This article is available from: /content/3/1/3 ? 2009 Steiner et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), 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. Results: Malte