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World report on violence and health

The World Health Organization launched the first World report on violence and health on October 3rd, 2002. Since then, more than 30 governments have organized national launches or policy discussions about the Report, and resolutions endorsing the Report and calling for its implementation have been passed in a number of fora, such as the World Health Assembly, the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights, and the African Union.

The World report on violence and health is the first comprehensive review of the problem of violence on a global scale – what it is, whom it affects and what can be done about it. Three years in the making, the report benefited from the participation of over 160 experts from around the world, receiving both peer-review from scientists and contributions and comments from representatives of all the world’s regions.


FULL REPORT

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- English [pdf 321kb]
- Finnish [pdf 1.07Mb]
- French [pdf 127kb]
- Italian [pdf 1.2Mb]
- Russian [pdf 3.02Mb]
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SUMMARY

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- English [pdf 592kb]
- French [pdf 511kb]
- German [pdf 526kb]
- Spanish [pdf 1.17Mb]

ABSTRACT

- English [pdf 594kb]
- French [pdf 592kb]
- Spanish [pdf 594kb]

IMPLEMENTATION

Preventing violence: a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health

World report recommendations [pdf 184kb]

FURTHER INFORMATION

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HIGHLIGHTS

Global Campaign for Violence Prevention

Cover of the Milestones 2007 report
Milestones 2007

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Violence Prevention Alliance


PUBLICATIONS AND RESOURCES

Cover of Child maltreatment report
Preventing child maltreatment [pdf 868kb]

Newsletter
issue no. 12

Preventing of sexual and intimate partner violence [pdf 400kb]

Violence fact sheets

Full list of violence publications and resources


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