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Psychosocial challenges and coping strategies among people with minority gender and sexual identities in Zambia: health promotion and human rights implications

ABSTRACTBackground Sexual and gender minorities face high levels of stigma, discrimination, and violence.In many countries, they are often criminalized and are at risk of mental health challenges.In Zambia, little is known about the psychosocial challenges and coping strategies of sexual and gender minorities.This study sought to explore psychosoci

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Is sexual abuse a part of war? A 4-year retrospective study on cases of sexual abuse at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya

The harmful effects of sexual abuse are long lasting.Sexual abuse when associated with violence is likely to impact negatively on the life of the victim.Anecdotal reports indicate that there was an increase in the number of cases of sexual violence following the 2007 post election conflict and violence in Kenya.Although such increases in sexual abu

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy: a global case series

Abstract We describe 542 cases of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) identified through a review of the literature published between 2005 and 2016.Approximately 18% of the cases were from countries where ATTR-PN is traditionally considered to be endemic (i.e., Portugal, Japan, and Sweden).East Asia (Japan, China,

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