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Rwanda Project ActivitiesAssessment, Training, and Research for HIV+ Victims of Genocidal Rape Heartland Alliance has been collaborating with WE-ACTx (Women’s Equity in Access to Care and Treatment, a US-based non-governmental organization), Forum des Activistes Contre la Torture (FACT) Rwanda, the Association of Rwandan Trauma Counselors, and other Rwandan organizations to implement a training, treatment, and research project designed to assist Rwandan women who are HIV+ as a result of genocidal rape. The project is researching the effects of psychological trauma on immune system response among HIV+ women. Heartland Alliance is training female trauma counselors working with a cohort of 950 HIV+ women participating in the study. We have also been providing technical assistance and training to the Association of Rwandan Trauma Counselors. Heartland Alliance staff provide ongoing technical assistance on the translation, validation and use of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ)--the most commonly used research instrument for measuring the effects of psychological trauma.
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