Health

What first responders should know about child sexual abuse

The rise of the internet has led to a rampant growth in online child sexual exploitation and abuse material. To take swift action in the best interests of suspected underage victims of sexual abuse, police officers need to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola in Uganda: Why women must be central to the response

"No time for that" was the constant refrain heard by gender and women's health experts working in the 2014/16 Ebola response. This was an emergency and the main thing was to deal with the crisis.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

WHO chief says priority to prevent sexual exploitation

The WHO chief told member states Wednesday that he was fully committed to reforms needed to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse by staff, acknowledging more needed to be done.

Pediatrics

Sexual risk assessment tool in the child welfare system developed

Children in the welfare system are particularly vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) according to a 2013 U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means hearing, but few practical screening tools currently ...

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