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May 1, 2007

Neglecting Rape in South Africa

Clinic workers in South Africa, where the rate rape is famously high, often refuse to provide victims with antiretrovirals if the rape hasn’t been reported to the police, according to a survey by The National Working Group on Sexual Offenses. One out of three government health practitioners did not consider rape to be a serious medical condition. 

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