Sexual violence legislation in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for strengthened medico-legal linkages

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 17, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 10-19

  Kilonzo, Nduku ^a   Ndung'u, Njoki ^b   Nthamburi, Nerida ^b   Ajema, Caroline ^a   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^c   Theobald, Sally ^c   Tolhurst, Rachel ^c  

^a Liverpool VCT   (Kenya)

^b Centre for Legal Information and Communication in Kenya   (Kenya)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Kenya; law and policy; medico legal; sexual violence; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; KENYA; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; SURVIVOR; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; SEX OFFENSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 71049132295     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(09)34485-7     Document Type: Article

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