Citation

Jaff D. Confl. Health 2020; 14: e19.

Affiliation

Maternal and Child Health Department, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13031-020-00268-y

PMID

32292490

PMCID

PMC7140560

Abstract

This Letter to the Editor is in reference to the article by Murphy M, Ellsberg M and Contreras-Urbina M, "Nowhere to go: disclosure and help-seeking behaviors for survivors of violence against women and girls in South Sudan," published on 12 February 2020. The authors have to be lauded to study this important topic in South Sudan where data are scarce and the problem is less understood. In such a context, actions by various actors to address sexual violence, a major public health concern and a serious international humanitarian law and human rights violation, must be well thought of to avoid causing more harm and compound the suffering of survivors.

© The Author(s) 2020.

Language: en

Keywords

Armed conflicts; Complex humanitarian emergencies; Do no harm; Sexual violence