International Medical Corps (IMC) priority is to strengthen the ability of local health care workers to identify and treat survivors and work with local leaders to raise community awareness of the problem and modify beliefs and practices that perpetuate GBV. Our goal is to address GBV within existing programs ranging from primary health care screening and counseling for survivors to income-creatio
n initiatives that boost the social status - and protection - of survivors. International Medical Corps has conducted successful programs to prevent and respond to GBV in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Russia in a variety of settings. These programs are implemented in areas of armed conflict and post-conflict, as part of more stable community-based development and capacity-building projects, and as a component of integrated health programs related to HIV/AIDS, nutrition or reproductive health.
