Health Services for Gender-Based Violence: Médecins Sans Frontières Experience Caring for Survivors in Urban Papua New Guinea
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Lokuge, KVerputten, M
Ajakali, M
Tolboom, B
Joshy, G
Thurber, K A
Plana, D
Howes, S
Wakon, A
Banks, E
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2016-06-10Submitted date
2016-06-15
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PLoS OneAbstract
Levels of gender-based violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are high; health services for survivors are limited. Evidence from the few existing health services for survivors can inform improvements in care in this and similar settings.Publisher
Public Library of SciencePubMed ID
27285845Language
enISSN
1932-6203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1371/journal.pone.0156813
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