Across the globe hundreds of rehabilitation centres are providing services to thousands of survivors of torture on a daily basis. To support these centres in their rehabilitative work as well as their ability to evidence their work and fight impunity, robust clinical data is vital. The EU-funded DFI Project was set up to meet this need, and through the creation of a standardised database system has facilitated centres’ abilities to collect clinical data; data that can then be used for various human rights outputs.

As part of the project, the IRCT has carried out a number of regional meetings, not only to introduce the project and the database to the wider torture rehabilitation movement, but also to provide a platform from which the centres can come together to discuss and collaborate on ways to ensure responsible data collection and management.

The meeting for the Sub-Saharan Africa region took place in Nairobi, Kenya from 5 to 8 April. It saw 18 rehabilitation centres from across the region come together to learn more about the DFI database and to share their experiences, challenges and successes regarding data collection in their local contexts.

In between the workshop and the many different activities and trainings, participants also had a chance to catch up with each other and exchange ideas and experiences.

Source: IRCT