Highlights of WHO's progress on injury and violence prevention:

2010-2011

21st Meeting of Heads of WHO Collaborating Centres on Injuries and Violence Prevention

Dr Etienne Krug29 November 2011

Introduction

• Increasing visibility• Giving guidance • Documenting successes• Monitoring progress • Supporting country implementation• Building capacity• Strengthening advocacy• Supporting alliances

Increasing visibility: the road to the Decade

Child injury prevention

Disability

Giving guidance

Documenting successes

Monitoring progress

• 2nd Global status report on road safety (2012)

• Global status report on violence prevention (2013)

Under consideration:• Global status report on trauma

care (TBC)• Global status report on

drowning (TBC)

Supporting country implementation

Building capacity

• TEACH-VIP 2

• TEACH-VIP E-learning

• VIP webinars

• VIP short courses

Strengthening advocacy • Collaborating with NGOs• Training journalists• Supporting social marketing

campaigns• Using new media• Marking global days

– World Day Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

– International Day Elimination of Violence Against Women

– International Day Persons with Disabilities

Supporting alliances

• UN Road Safety Collaboration

• Violence Prevention Alliance

• MOH focal points

Under development:

• Global Alliance for Care of the Injured

• Global Network for Child Injury Prevention

Strategic processes

• VIP strategy

• Global Campaign for Violence Prevention strategy

• Trauma care strategy

• Training strategy

Context

• Financial crisis

• WHO reform

• NCD agenda

• Other agendas

Topics for discussion

• VIP strategy

• New collaborative projects

• New alliances

• Using social media

• Future of the World Conferences

Thank you!

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