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Conflict in north eastern D.R. Congo has displaced 300,000 people. Many, including victims of sexual violence, need medical care. We’ll provide free treatment and improve the quality of care in government health centres. We’ll do this by training clinic staff and providing good quality medicines.
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Situation
Repeated ‘Lord’s Resistance Army’ (LRA) attacks against civilian populations in the north of Province Orientale have forced 300,000 people to flee their homes and land. They’re now living precariously in camps or host communities. They’ve lost their livelihoods, so cannot pay for health care. A few government health centres exist, but the quality of care is poor and the supply of medicines unreliable (the result of chronic under-development and the LRA crisis). We will improve both.
Solution
> We will provide free medical treatment for victims of sexual violence. > We will provide medicines to 10 health centres, and train their staff to improve the quality of care. > We will promote the importance of seeking treatment early as a preventative measure of HIV.