Governments must do more to address interpersonal violence

Butchart, Alexander; Mikton, Christopher; Krug, Etienne

Abstract

The Global status report on violence prevention 2014,1 jointly published by WHO, UNDP, and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, was launched on Dec 11, 2014. For the first time, it assesses national efforts to address interpersonal violence, which includes child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse. It identifies gaps in violence prevention and suggests how to fill them. It does so by describing the extent to which 133 participating countries covering 88% of the world's population are collecting data on interpersonal violence, implementing violence-prevention programmes, enacting and enforcing relevant laws, and providing victim services.

• Journal Article Type: Note
• Acceptance Date: Nov 15, 2014
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Journal: The Lancet
• Print ISSN: 01406736
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 384
• Issue: 9961
• Pages: 2183-2185
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2814%2962124-3
• Keywords: global, violence, prevention
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/823515
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62124-3