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Key VPA policy documents

These policy documents have been developed to guide VPA participation and activities around the world. Representatives from founding and other highly active VPA participant organizations have drafted, commented on, and approved these documents as essential for the functioning of VPA and reflecting the consensus reached between participant organizations.
Meeting report [pdf 76kb] | Terms of reference [pdf 108kb]

Violence prevention: the evidence
All briefings

Cover of the World report on violence and health
World report on violence and health
Full report

Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability
World Health Organization Headquarters, Switzerland

Preventing violence and reducing its impact:
How development agencies and governments can help [pdf 642 KB]

VPA Flyer: Preventing violence and reducing its impact
How development agencies and governments can help [pdf 3.65Mb]

Brochure
English [pdf 545kb] | French [pdf 693kb] | Spanish [pdf 614kb]


VPA policy document
Building global commitment for violence prevention [pdf 647kb]

Alcohol and interpersonal violence:
All fact sheets

Briefing
Interpersonal violence and illicit drugs [pdf 360kb]

Participant publications

Violence Prevention Alliance Working Group on Youth Violence, Alcohol and Nightlife
Fact sheet 1 (introduction) | Fact sheet 2 (the role of door staff in violence prevention) | Fact sheet 3 (late night transport) | Fact sheet 4 (sexual violence)

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Alcohol and interpersonal violence: policy briefing [pdf 626kb]

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Interpersonal violence and alcohol in the Russian Federation - A policy briefing (2006)
English [pdf 483kb] | Russian [pdf 728kb]

World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Breaking the cycle: public health perspectives on interpersonal violence in the Russian Federation (2007)
English [pdf 371kb] | Russian [pdf 791kb]

Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
English | Spanish
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Ending Violence against Women and Girls:
Reduction and prevention of gender-based violence as a contribution to the protection of human rights and to development [pdf 176kb]
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)

Safer Nightlife in the North West of England
Full text [pdf 420kb]
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom

Violence Prevention Initiative:
Accomplishments, Challenges and Lessons Learned
The California Wellness Foundation; by Nicole J. Jones and Sandra J. Martinez

Gender based violence and HIV/AIDS in Cambodia.
Links, opportunities and potential responses [pdf 477kb]
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)


ABOUT VPA

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VPA policy document [pdf 647kb]


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WHAT'S NEW?

Newsletter issue 15 [pdf 140kb]

VIP News Alerts

News & events
:: 2010


CONTACT US

Secretariat of the Violence Prevention Alliance
Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability
World Health Organization
20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
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