Violence and Injury Prevention

Capacity building publications and resources

Below you will find publications and resources related to capacity building.

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Capacity building for preventing injuries and violence: Strategic plan 2009-2013 (2009)

The strategic plan advances the rationale for increased emphasis and attention to capacity building in the field, and details what WHO expects to contribute over the coming years in the domains of human resources, institutional and infrastructural capacity development, and networks and partnerships.

MENTOR-VIP programme document (2007)

MENTOR-VIP is a global injury and violence prevention mentoring programme, focusing on the skills building aspect of the human resource capacity needed for injury and violence prevention and control. The overall programme description of MENTOR-VIP and the programme's guiding principles are summarized in this document.

VIP webinars

A series of webinars addressing a range of injury and violence prevention topics. Experts from around the world provide high quality, interactive webinars which are archived and available for viewing at a later date.

Violence and injury prevention short courses

A series of complete training resources addressing a range of injury and violence prevention topics. VIP Short Courses provide everything a facilitator requires to conduct a 2-5 day training.