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Denis Mukwege

Denis Mukwege: the Congolese surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize for treating survivors of war rape Profile Denis Mukwege: the Congolese surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize for treating survivors of war rape Denis Mukwege, a gynaecological surgeon in Bukavu, founded Panzi Hospital in 1999 and has treated tens of thousands of women who survived sexual violence during war in eastern Congo. He shared the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize with Nadia Murad.