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Promoting women’s health worldwide
The ICRC cares for all the victims of conflict but it adapts this care to meet their needs. Specific services for women affected by conflict include support for rape victims, medical care for women in places of detention, antenatal and postnatal care for mothers and babies, the provision of hygiene requisites/training and rehabilitation for female mine victims.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. Panzi hospital, Bukavu. Victims of sexual violence receive treatment for their physical and psychological injuries.

A programme for rape victims at ICRC-supported health facilities in the eastern part of the DRC includes preventative treatment against infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. The programme also helps victims to deal with psychological trauma, stigma and possible rejection by their families or communities.




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