Introduction Kenya has some of the highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in the world, particularly intimate partner violence. World Vision completed a rapid ethnographic assessment to explore common problems faced by men and local perspectives about the links between men, mental health, alcohol use and GBV. Methods Data from community free-listing surveys (n = 52), four focus group di...

BACKGROUND Rates of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa (SA) are among the highest in the world. In societies where social ideals of masculinity encourage male dominance and control over women, gender power imbalances contribute to male perpetration and women's vulnerability. The drivers that cause men to perpetrate GBV and those that lead to HIV overlap and interact in multiple and com...

BACKGROUND Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs twice as commonly amongst women as men. Two common domains of trauma, network trauma and gender based violence (GBV), may contribute to this gender difference in PTSD rates. We examined data from a nationally representative sample of the Australian population to clarify the characteristics of these two trauma domains in their contributions ...

GB virus C (GBV-C), a positive-strand RNA virus, currently infects approximately one-sixth of the world's population. This virus exists as a collection of genotypes whose global distribution correlates with geographical origin. Genotyping of GBV-C isolates by phylogenetic analysis has relied upon the use of 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR) sequences, however, complete genome sequences are used t...

Recently, putative viral agents responsible for human non-A to E hepatitis have been independently reported by two groups of investigators and designated GB virus C (GBV-C) and hepatitis G virus (HGV), respectively. The entire nucleotide sequences were determined for two viral genomes isolated from Japanese blood donors with GBV-C RNA. One of them (GT230) had a total genomic length of 9390 nucl...

Laws and legislation significantly influence actions in societies to control rates of gender-based violence (GBV). Most domestic laws are developed from international declarations conventions. This paper reviews declarations, policies, enacted at levels ratified national mitigate GBV a neutral perspective. countries ratify conventions levels. However, the majority these directed towards women a...

Background Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant problem in conflict-affected settings. Understanding local constructions of such violence is crucial to developing preventive and responsive interventions to address this issue. Methods This study reports on a secondary analysis of archived data collected as part of formative qualitative work - using a group participatory ranking methodo...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of GB virus-C (GBV-C) RNA and TT virus (TTV) DNA in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and osteoarthritis (OA) as well as to compare the autoantibody pattern in patients with SSc with and without evidence of viral infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study included 168 patients (84 SSc, 41 RA, and 43 OA) diagnosed according ...

GBV-C or hepatitis G virus (HGV) was discovered by two independent groups of investigators when studying cases of hepatitis non-A, non-B, and non-E.1,2 HGV is transmitted through blood transfusion and components.3,4 Up to now, there is no report about detection of GBV-C/HGV RNA by nucleic acid test and serological markers in Chinese voluntary blood donors. Considering the safety of blood transf...

This review attempts to shed light on the socio-cultural roots of gender-based violence (GBV) and its impact on women's health with a special reference to reproductive health in the context of South Asia. It also identifies the policy and capacity gaps that impede the implementation of gender-related development goals and makes recommendations in light of the ongoing situation. Led by the growi...