This paper synthesizes the rates, barriers, and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure
among women in developing countries. We identified 17 studies from peer-reviewed …

Health systems have a crucial role in a multisector response to violence against women.
Some countries have guidelines or protocols articulating this role and health-care workers …

Background Homicide is an important cause of premature mortality globally, but evidence for
the magnitude of homicides by intimate partners is scarce and hampered by the large …

Background Violence against women is a serious human rights abuse and public health
issue. Despite growing evidence of the size of the problem, current evidence comes largely …

Violence against women is a universal phenomenon that persists in all countries of the
world, and the perpetrators of that violence are often well known to their victims. Domestic …

Background This article summarises findings from ten countries from the WHO multi-country
study on women's health and domestic violence against women. Methods Standardised …

Background Intimate partner violence against women is a global public health problem with
many short-term and long-term effects on the physical and mental health of women and their …

Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health and
human rights concern. Despite a growing body of research into risk factors for IPV …

Violence against women is a phenomenon that persists in all countries. Since the 1993
World Conference on Human Rights and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence …

Violence against women is not a new phenomenon nor are its consequences to women's
physical, mental and reproductive health. What is new is the growing recognition that acts of …