About the Authors

Luc Malemo Kalisya

exo40mluc@yahoo.fr

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Paluku Lussy Justin

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Christophe Kimona

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kavira Nyavandu

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kamabu Mukekulu Eugenie

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kasereka Muhindo Lusi Jonathan

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Kasereka Masumbuko Claude

Affiliation HEAL Africa, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Michael Hawkes

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Donor funding for gender-based violence programs at the authors' institution is contingent upon regular reporting of statistics on sexual abuse patients they have managed.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMK. Performed the experiments: MKL PLJ CK KN KME KMLJ KMC. Analyzed the data: MH LMK. Wrote the paper: MH LMK.