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Health professionals in the State of Maharashtra, #India, are pioneering better way to prevent and respond to violence against 👩🏻👩🏿🧕.
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@WHOSEARO One in three women experience intimate partner violence or sexual violence in their lifetimes. Yet, in the past, survivors seeking medical care in central-west Maharashtra, #India, were sent home without further help
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@WHOSEARO In Maharashtra, #India, 25 trainers, heads of department & managers from 3 hospitals have passed on the knowledge to 220 health workers, focusing on:
🔹Safety
🔹Confidentiality
🔹Privacy
🔹Sympathetic response to build trust for a continuum of care
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@WHOSEARO Violence against 👩🏻👩🏿🧕 is a major public health and human rights issue, with intimate partner violence and sexual violence among the most pervasive forms.
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