Prevention and Management of Gender-Based Violence: A Guide for Health-Care Providers

This Guideline for health-care workers is an update of the previous protocols and service standards, which were developed in 2011. The revised Guidelines are aligned with the current national legal, policy, institutional and implementation frameworks; and adaptations to regional and global standards for strengthening GBV response and its integration in SRH and HIV services. The Guideline is anchored on three main thematic areas of focus, namely Prevention, Response and Management of GBV, and highlights key guiding principles of safety, confidentiality, respect, non-discrimination and honesty. The Ministry of Health presents this document as a guiding tool in its continuing efforts to integrate the prevention and management of GBV into Sexual and Reproductive Health Services.