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World Report on Violence and Health Violence cuts short the lives of millions of people across the world each year, and damages the lives of millions more. It knows no boundaries of geography, race, age or income. It strikes at children, young people, women and the elderly. It finds its way into homes, schools and the workplace. Men and women everywhere have the right to live their lives and raise their children free from the fear of violence. We must help them enjoy that right by making it clearly understood that violence is preventable, and by working together to identify and address its underlying causes. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations, Nobel Peace Laureate, 2001 World report on violence and health report World Massacres, forced displacement of populations, discriminatory access to health care – in the contexts in which MSF works, violence, particularly political violence, is often one of the main causes of mortality. The absence World report of this category in epidemiological registers often reflects the ambiguity of doctors and experts to authorities in power. This report is a welcome break in this wall of silence. Morten Rostrup, President, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International Council, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1999 on violence A stronger commitment to increase global violence prevention efforts is desperately needed. Therefore, I welcome this report very much. For the first time all of the available knowledge has been assembled into one publication. Civil society, United Nations agencies and governments need to work hand in hand on the and health implementation of the recommendations of this report. Jody Williams, International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1997 As long as humanity continues to rely on violence to resolve conflicts, the world will enjoy neither peace nor security, and our health will continue to suffer. This report is an important resource for opening our eyes to the reality of violence as a public health problem, and for providing a source of hope for the future. Perhaps only when we realize that violence is destroying both our bodies and our souls will we begin to collectively address its roots and consequences. This report is an important step in that direction. Oscar Arias, Former President of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace Laureate, 1987 WHO WHO has made a substantial contribution by providing a global perspective on all forms of violence. The colossal human and social cost of violence hitherto has been inadequately addressed as a public health issue. This report will raise the struggle against violence to a new level of engagement by health workers and others. Over 20 years we in IPPNW have maintained that nuclear weapons and war are the ultimate expressions of violence that must be eliminated if we are to bequeath a liveable planet to generations yet unborn. Anton Chazov and Bernard Lown, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Nobel Peace Laureates, 1985 ISBN 92 4 154561 5 World Health Organization Geneva SELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONS OF RELATED INTEREST Violence: a public health priority. WHO Global Consultation on Violence and Health. 1996 . 36 pages . document WHO/EHA/SPI.POA.2 Injury: a leading cause of the global burden of disease. E. Krug, ed. 1999 . 56 pages . document WHO/HSC/PVI/99.11 Injury surveillance guidelines. Y. Holder et al., eds. 2001 . 91 pages . document WHO/NMH/VIP/01.02 (published in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Guidance for surveillance of injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance. D. Sethi, E. Krug, eds. 2000 . 30 pages . document WHO/NMH/PVI/00.2 Violence against women: a priority health issue. 1997 . information pack . document WHO/FRH/WHD/97.8 Putting women first: ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women. 2001 . 31 pages . document WHO/FCH/GWH/01.01 Report of the Consultation on Child Abuse Prevention, WHO, Geneva, 29–31 March 1999. 1999 . 54 pages . document WHO/HSC/PVI/99.1 The World Health Organization was established in 1948 as a specialized agency of the Missing voices: views of older persons on elder abuse. United Nations serving as the directing and coordinating authority for international World Health Organization/International Network health matters and public health. One of WHO’s constitutional functions is to provide for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. objective and reliable information and advice in the field of human health, a responsibility 2002 . 22 pages . document WHO/NMH/VIP/02.1 & WHO/NMH/NPH/02.2 that it fulfils in part through its extensive programme of publications. The Organization seeks through its publications to support national health strategies The world health report 2001. Mental health: new understanding, and address the most pressing public health concerns of populations around the world. new hope. To respond to the needs of Member States at all levels of development, WHO publishes 2001 . 196 pages practical manuals, handbooks and training material for specific categories of health workers; internationally applicable guidelines and standards; reviews and analyses of Preventing suicide: a resource for primary health care workers. health policies, programmes and research; and state-of-the-art consensus reports that 2000 . 21 pages . document WHO/NMH/MBD/00.4 offer technical advice and recommendations for decision-makers. These books are closely tied to the Organization’s priority activities, encompassing disease prevention and control, the development of equitable health systems based on primary health care, and health promotion for individuals and communities. Progress towards better health for all also demands the global dissemination and exchange of information that draws on the knowledge and experience of all WHO’s Member countries and the collaboration of world leaders in public health and the biomedical sciences. To ensure the widest possible availability of authoritative information and guidance on health matters, WHO secures the broad international distribution of its publications and encourages their translation and adaptation. By helping to promote and protect health and prevent and control disease throughout the world, WHO’s books contribute Further information on these and other WHO publications to achieving the Organization’s principal objective – the attainment by all people of the can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, highest possible level of health. World Health Organization, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. SELECTED WHO PUBLICATIONS OF RELATED INTEREST Violence: a public health priority. WHO Global Consultation on Violence and Health. 1996 . 36 pages . document WHO/EHA/SPI.POA.2 Injury: a leading cause of the global burden of disease. E. Krug, ed. 1999 . 56 pages . document WHO/HSC/PVI/99.11 Injury surveillance guidelines. Y. Holder et al., eds. 2001 . 91 pages . document WHO/NMH/VIP/01.02 (published in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Guidance for surveillance of injuries due to landmines and unexploded ordnance. D. Sethi, E. Krug, eds. 2000 . 30 pages . document WHO/NMH/PVI/00.2 Violence against women: a priority health issue. 1997 . information pack . document WHO/FRH/WHD/97.8 Putting women first: ethical and safety recommendations for research on domestic violence against women. 2001 . 31 pages . document WHO/FCH/GWH/01.01 Report of the Consultation on Child Abuse Prevention, WHO, Geneva, 29–31 March 1999. 1999 . 54 pages . document WHO/HSC/PVI/99.1 The World Health Organization was established in 1948 as a specialized agency of the Missing voices: views of older persons on elder abuse. United Nations serving as the directing and coordinating authority for international World Health Organization/International Network health matters and public health. One of WHO’s constitutional functions is to provide for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. objective and reliable information and advice in the field of human health, a responsibility 2002 . 22 pages . document WHO/NMH/VIP/02.1 & WHO/NMH/NPH/02.2 that it fulfils in part through its extensive programme of publications. The Organization seeks through its publications to support national health strategies The world health report 2001. Mental health: new understanding, and address the most pressing public health concerns of populations around the world. new hope. To respond to the needs of Member States at all levels of development, WHO publishes 2001 . 196 pages practical manuals, handbooks and training material for specific categories of health workers; internationally applicable guidelines and standards; reviews and analyses of Preventing suicide: a resource for primary health care workers. health policies, programmes and research; and state-of-the-art consensus reports that 2000 . 21 pages . document WHO/NMH/MBD/00.4 offer technical advice and recommendations for decision-makers. These books are closely tied to the Organization’s priority activities, encompassing disease prevention and control, the development of equitable health systems based on primary health care, and health promotion for individuals and communities. Progress towards better health for all also demands the global dissemination and exchange of information that draws on the knowledge and experience of all WHO’s Member countries and the collaboration of world leaders in public health and the biomedical sciences. To ensure the widest possible availability of authoritative information and guidance on health matters, WHO secures the
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