Prevention of violence
Each year, more than 1.6 million people worldwide lose their lives to violence. For every person who dies as a result of violence, many more are injured and suffer from a range of physical, sexual, reproductive and mental health problems. Violence places a massive burden on national economies, costing countries billions of US dollars each year in health care, law enforcement and lost productivity.WHO works with partners to prevent violence through scientifically credible strategies that are conceived and implemented in relation to causes at the levels of the individual, family, community and society.
Prevention activities
- Child maltreatment
- Intimate partner and sexual violence
- Elder abuse
- Collective violence
- Youth violence
- Self-directed violence
- Armed violence
Other prevention activities
- Violence prevention effectiveness studies register
- Adverse Childhood Experiences International Questionnaire (ACE-IQ)
- Building policy to prevent violence: an international collaboration
- Workplace violence in the health sector
