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NOW YOU KNOW Denis Mukwege 2018 Joint Nobel Peace Prize Recipient For his efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Dr. Denis Muwege, a gynecologist and surgeon from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dr. Mukwege graduated from the University of Burundi, a country in East Africa, in 1983. First working as a pediatrician, the lack of proper prenatal care convinced him to return to medical school to study obstetrics and gynecology. He completed his medical residency in 1989 in France and established the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, DRC in 1999. The hospital has treated more than 85,000 patients suffering from complex gynecological damage with an estimated 60% stemming from sexual violence. Most of his patients come from conflict zones requiring Dr. Mukwege perform reconstructive surgery. Speaking to the United Nations in 2012, Dr. Mukwege spoke out against mass sexual violence in the DRC as well as other nations around the world. 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