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Child injuries and violence

World report on child injury prevention

Every day more than 2000 children die from an injury which could have been prevented. This joint WHO/UNICEF report is a plea to keep kids safe by promoting evidence-based injury prevention interventions and sustained investment by all sectors. The report presents the current knowledge about the five most important causes of unintentional injury – road traffic injuries, drowning, burns, falls and poisoning – and makes seven recommendations for action.

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UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES

Recently WHO has stepped up its response to addressing child injury prevention.
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CHILD MALTREATMENT

WHO child maltreatment prevention activities include following up on the UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children, and promoting implementation of the joint WHO-International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect document Preventing child maltreatment: a guide to taking evidence and generating action.
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