Table 1.

General information on Malteser International rape survivors' programme in South Kivu, DRC

• Total population of South Kivu, DRC 963,000 (2006 est.)

• Population with access to VAS-centres: approx. 202,600 (2006 est.)

• Approx. 100 health centres located in 9 health zones

• located in one of 5 health zones: (Walungu, Kaziba, Mumumbano, Kaniola, Mwana)

• 18 Community Based Organizations (CBO's) provide psycho-social care

• Programme started in 2003 when during a period of intense fighting in South Kivu over 1,000 women were registered with sexually transmitted infections resulting from rape

• About 20,517 cases of rape (registered January 2005–December 2007)