April 2012, Washington, DC- The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in coordination with the Together for Girls partnership, convened a one-day expert meeting on post-rape care for children in primary health centers that also provide HIV care. The impetus for the meeting stemmed from the need to develop systematic guidance on provision of post-rape care services for persons under the age of eighteen. Results from the PEPFAR I Sexual Gender-based Violence Initiative indicate that in primary health centers in Uganda and Rwanda a large proportion of patients presenting for post-rape services were under age 18. This is also true in a variety of countries and settings, but services are often tailored to adults; few are equipped to address the complex, multifaceted needs of children and adolescents. The objective of this meeting were to develop key recommendations for the delivery of post-rape care in primary health centers for those under age 18 and review existing guidelines and documents to develop technical considerations to inform PEPFAR specifically, and may be used by other partners and implementers more broadly.

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View the post-rape care technical considerations resource: Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence: Technical Considerations for PEPFAR Programs

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