News

2006

• WHO joins key partners to define follow up to launch of World report on violence against children
  20 November 2006
• UN Secretary General's Study on Violence Against Children presented to the General Assembly
  11 October 2006
• Members of the Violence Prevention Alliance chart future directions
  20 June 2006
• 4th UN Road Safety Collaboration meeting held in Bangkok, Thailand
  12 June 2006
• Commission for Global Road Safety frames road safety as a development issue
  9 June 2006
• Summit addresses links between armed violence and development
  7 June 2006
• Facts on interpersonal violence and alcohol released by WHO
  1 June 2006
• Violence prevention experts review results of project documenting prevention programmes
  11 May 2006
• New UN Road Safety Collaboration web site launched
  10 May 2006
• National injury prevention experts to benefit from release of new WHO guidelines on developing national plans
  2 April 2006
• Latest newsletter of the WHO Helmet Initiative now available
  25 March 2006
• WHO launches plan of action to prevent child and adolescent injuries
  24 March 2006
• WHO report highlights achievements in Area of Work on injuries, violence and disabilities during 2004-2005
  23 March 2006
• Mozambique makes steady progress on injury prevention
  8 March 2006
• WHO and Mexico's National Institute for Public Health plan for Safety 2008
  8 February 2006
• WHO hosts meeting to define next steps for work on prehospital and emergency trauma care
  1 February 2006
• Road Traffic Injuries Research Network establishes secretariat in Sri Lanka
  4 January 2006

2005

• Jordan hosts important injury prevention meetings for region
  15 December 2005
• WHO launches "Child and adolescent injury prevention: A global call to action"
  29 November 2005
• European focal points for violence and injury prevention convene in the Netherlands
  21 November 2005
• 3rd Meeting of the UN Road Safety Collaboration
  16 November 2005
• United Nations General Assembly resolutions on improving global road safety
  28 October 2005
• WHO hosts consultation on guidelines for medical rehabilitation
  25 October 2005
• VIP and the California Wellness Foundation host 2nd Milestones meeting to review progress towards preventing violence in countries around the world
  19 October 2005
• Mexico to host the 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  12 October 2005
• WHO releases TEACH-VIP, a comprehensive CD-ROM-based curriculum for injury and violence prevention and control
  10 October 2005
• Senior-level officials from francophone African ministries of health agree to step up efforts to prevent injuries and violence
  22 September 2005
• At the International Day of Peace ceremony, WHO challenges the participants to broaden the notion of peace to include an end to violence in all its forms
  21 September 2005
• WHO Regional Committee for Europe elevates profile of injury prevention across the region
  20 September 2005
• UN Secretary-General issues report on the global road safety crisis
  1 September 2005
• Karolinska Institutet offers 2nd International Course on Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
  26 August 2005
• WHO supports training course for injury prevention in Africa
  19 July 2005
• Prehospital trauma care systems
  4 July 2005
• WHO hosts global consultation on violence against children in home and family settings
  28 June 2005
• Leaders from the Safe Communities movement convene in Norway to exchange ideas and experiences
  13 June 2005
• Canadian road safety association awards web site of WHO Helmet Initiative
  1 June 2005
• World Health Assembly scales up efforts to improve the lives of people with disabilities
  23 May 2005
• Milestones in International Road Safety: World Health Day 2004 and beyond
  20 May 2005

• WHO and leading disabled people's organizations discuss creation of a strategy for developing standards for the provision of wheelchair services in developing countries
  19 April 2005
• WHO hosts informal consultation on action plan for disability and rehabilitation
  19 April 2005
• WHO hosts multi-sectoral road safety meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  18 April 2005

• 2nd United National Road Safety Collaboration meeting
  21 March 2005
• Commission for Social Development approves draft resolutions related to improving the lives of persons with disabilities
  25 February 2005
• OHCHR, UNICEF and WHO sign memorandum of understanding on way forward for UN Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Children
  14 February 2005
• WHO Executive Board assesses progress made by countries to prevent violence
  28 January 2005

2004

• WHO hosts meeting on developing pre-hospital care systems in developing countries
  15 December 2004
• WHO and the World Bank win prestigious Premier Award from Prince Michael of Kent for the World report on road traffic injury prevention
  7 December 2004
• Around the world events mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
  29 November 2004
• World celebrates 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
  24 November 2004
• Council of Europe issues resolution on Preventing everyday violence in Europe
  9 November 2004

• Violence Prevention Alliance opens to broad participation
  20 October 2004
• China launches World report on road traffic injury prevention
  11 October 2004
• WHO participates in Third National Injury Prevention and Control Conference in Guangzhou, China
  9 October 2004
• World Health Organization, other UN agencies, build on momentum of World Health Day to improve global road safety
  1 October 2004
• International Paralympic Committee and Rehabilitation International host International paralympic symposium on disability rights
  17 September 2004
• WHO and the International Society for Burn Injuries issue new fact sheet on burns
  8 September 2004
• Preventing violence: a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health
  8 September 2004
• Canadian Public Health Association adopts violence prevention resolution
  7 September 2004
• Injury surveillance guidelines now available in French
  7 September 2004
• WHO launches Guidelines for conducting community surveys on injuries and violence
  6 September 2004
• International course on transportation planning and safety to be held in India in December
  27 August 2004
• Gender-based Violence Prevention Networks launches first of its kind web site
  23 August 2004
• 53rd General Assembly of the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations focuses on violence prevention
  9 August 2004
• Road Traffic Injuries Research Network calls for a secretariat in a developing country
  6 August 2004
• WHO launches Guidelines for essential trauma care
  22 July 2004
• Agencies launch WHO World report on violence and health in Romania
  12 July 2004
• WHO disability and rehabilitation team hosts workshop on appropriate assistive devices
  22 June 2004
• Association for Safe International Road Travel (ASIRT) grants award to WHO for leadership in global road safety
  16 June 2004
• WHO's Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention releases 2003 annual report
  11 June 2004
• WHO report reveals countries lose billions of dollars annually to violence which occurs in the homes and streets of their communities
  9 June 2004
• Injury prevention experts meet to analyse current knowledge and chart future directions
  7 June 2004
• WHO Executive Boards adopts draft resolution on disability and rehabilitation
  26 May 2004
• 57th World Health Assembly adopts resolution on road safety and health
  22 May 2004
• United States announces major research training program to build capacities in developing countries for injury prevention
  7 April 2004
• WHO releases a handbook for the documentation of interpersonal violence prevention programmes
  10 March 2004
• Final report of the Council of Europe’s project
  8 March 2004
• Pilot testing of TEACH-VIP begins
  8 March 2004
• Guidelines for medico-legal services for victims of sexual violence
  19 February 2004
• WHO hosted the second meeting on UN collaboration for the prevention of interpersonal violence
  27 January 2004
• WHO Executive Board endorses important Resolution on Road Safety and Health to be presented at the 57th World Health Assembly in May 2004
  22 January 2004
• Leading decision-makers examine progress of violence prevention efforts in the last year and determine ways to continue to turn the report’s recommendations into action.
  12 January 2004

2003

• Spain's Minister of Health expresses full support for recommendations of the World report on violence and health
  25 November 2003
• WHO Collaborating Centres select Johannesburg, South Africa as host city for the 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (2006)
  13 November 2003
• European Parliament launches the World report on violence and health
  5 November 2003
• UN General Assembly passes second resolution on the Global road safety crisis
  5 November 2003
• World Medical Association adopts policy on violence and health
  9 October 2003
• Meeting on road safety initiative
  23 September 2003
• NGOs meet to discuss road safety
  19 September 2003
• United States Congressional Briefing on the World report on violence and health
  15 September 2003
• Ahead of General Assembly, Kofi Annan urges commitment to road safety
  9 September 2003
• Malaysian Ministry of Health commits to national campaign for violence prevention
  15 August 2003
• United Nations year for violence prevention in 2007
  23 July 2003
• Mexican launch of the World report on violence and health
  10 July 2003
• African Union adopts resolution of violence and health
  8 July 2003
• Russia launches WHO World report on violence and health
  7 July 2003
• Germany launches WHO World report on violence and health
  22 June 2003
• American Medical Association endorses WHO World report on violence and health
  19 June 2003
• General Assembly resolution on traffic safety
  9 June 2003
• World Health Assembly
  28 May 2003
• Regional meeting of road safety experts
  14 May 2003
• Canadian launch of the World report on violence and health
  13 May 2003
• WHO press release
  12 May 2003
• Read the 2nd newsletter of the Global Campaign for the Prevention of Violence
  30 April 2003
• Resolution on the right to health
  23 April 2003
• The Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention released its first annual report
  15 April 2003
• Regional meeting of road safety experts
  14 April 2003
• Mali launch of the World report on violence and health
  3 April 2003