Gaps and Successful Sample Solutions Applied In Identifying and Managing Survivors of Gender-Based Violence, Recorded by Provincial General Hospital County Referral iDARE Team, Kenya
Gaps in GBV Identification and Management | Successful Solutions |
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Lack of identification points | Sensitize management and other departments, including training on screening and referral of survivors to the GBV clinic. |
Lack of provider knowledge and skill to care for GBV survivors | |
Reporting tools only identify sexual GBV | Implement new registry that reports on physical, emotional, financial, and sexual violence. |
Single GBV registry for case reporting, and no registry at the drop-in center | Provide expanded GBV registry for each department. |
Provide expanded GBV registry for the drop-in center. | |
Staff shortage and high workload, especially during COVID-19 pandemic | Sensitize and train community health volunteers and community health workers on GBV care. |
Lack of community knowledge of resources | Provide health talks to the community, targeting survivors. |
Provide literature to survivors with information on services. | |
Disorganized GBV data management across departments | Form a WhatsApp group to assist in the management of data. |
Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease; GBV, gender-based violence.