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01/01/2010 | Document
Violence
Sexual and reproductive health

Improving the Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence. A Resource Manual for Health Care Professionals in Developing Countries

Portada Fortaleciendo la respuesta del sector de la salud a la violencia basada en género Manual de referencia para profesionales de salud en países en desarrollo

Specifically, this manual aims to:

• Document and disseminate the lessons learned from the IPPF/WHR regional initiative.
• Provide managers in developing countries with tools to improve the health care response to violence against women; and
• Identify the ongoing challenges and debates about how the health sector should address the problem of gender based violence in developing country settings.

 

Author

  • Bott, Sarah
  • Guedes, Alessandra
  • Claramunt, Maria Cecilia
  • Guezmes, Ana
  • Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)