Violence and Injury Prevention

2012 news

13 December

RS10 Project consortium partners review status of road safety legislation in project countries

12 December 2012

WHO hosts international expert meeting on the development of guidelines for youth violence prevention

27 November 2012

New study suggests causal links between child maltreatment and mental and physical disorders in later life

21 November 2012

Economic Commission for Africa and African Union Commission hold regional road safety data workshop in Ethiopia

16 November 2012

16th Meeting of the UN Road Safety Collaboration (UNRSC) held in Geneva

15 November 2012

WHO initiates development of guideline Preventing youth violence: taking action and generating evidence

8 November 2012

Workshop held in China on legislation around e-bikes

2 November 2012

No Helmet, No Ride – a new helmet campaign calls on Kenyans to abide by the national helmet law or face the consequences

10 October 2012

Advocating for road safety and road traffic injury victims: a guide for nongovernmental organizations

4 October 2012

Safety 2012 marks another great success in series of world conferences on injury prevention and safety promotion

1 October 2012

Fatal injury surveillance in mortuaries and hospitals: a manual for practitioners

30 September 2012

WHO and Internews host workshop for journalists in the context of Safety 2012

27 September 2012

WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific adopts first ever resolution on violence and injury prevention

21 September 2012

Biennial report offers highlights of WHO's work on violence and injury prevention and disability

20 September 2012

Sri Lanka serves as pilot for VIP short course on child injury prevention

19 September 2012

Join the WHO-hosted business meetings at Safety 2012

11 September 2012

Preparations to collect data for the WHO Global status report on violence prevention (GSRVP) have kicked off

1 September 2012

Violence Prevention Evidence Base updated

16 August 2012

VIP short course on data collection focus of training in Africa

9 August 2012

Lawyers convened to improve road safety legislation in RS10 Project countries

26 July 2012

Call for papers: Special issue on violence and disability in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence

12 July 2012

Adults and children with disabilities at much higher risk of violence

4 July 2012

WHO hosts road safety training for journalists in the Russian Federation

12 June 2012

Preparing the launch of the WHO Global Alliance for Care of the Injured

26 May 2012

WHO Director-General announces increased attention to domestic violence in next five-year term

22 May 2012

Plan of Action for the Global Campaign for Violence Prevention for the period 2012-2020

11 May 2012

One year on, global commitment to the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 intensifies

20 April 2012

WHO Regional Office for Europe releases report on alcohol in the European Union

19 April 2012

UN General Assembly commits to further action to address the global road safety crisis

18 April 2012

Special issue of Traffic injury prevention highlights new road safety data

17 April 2012

UN Road Safety Collaboration charts progress in the Decade nearly one year after launch

16 April 2012

WHO hosts 2012 Annual Meeting of the Violence Prevention Alliance in Munich, Germany

13 April 2012

WHO and Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety release new guide to enhance advocacy

7 April 2012

Risk of elder maltreatment on the rise as populations age

26 March 2012

Road Safety Fund announces recipients of 2012 small grants

23 March 2012

Michael Bloomberg visits RS10 Project in Viet Nam

5 March 2012

Health response to the earthquake in Haiti - January 2010

1 March 2012

Guidelines for essential trauma care

22 February 2012

International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) hosts colloquium in South Africa

13 February 2012

Applications for MENTOR-VIP now open

20 January 2012

WHO Executive Board calls for action plan on mental health

1 January 2012

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