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WHOviolencenews

  1. Dr Chan: As part of my commitment to women, I will be giving more emphasis to prevention of domestic violence 12:43 PM May 23rd via web
  2. Dr Margaret Chan was reappointed as WHO Director-General by the 65th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland 12:42 PM May 23rd via web
  3. Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Plan of Action for the period 2012-2020 is now launched bit.ly/JaKnL7 7:59 AM May 22nd via web
  4. Communities that Care shown to return $5.00 for every $1.00 invested bit.ly/JCc2su 12:07 PM May 18th via web
  5. WHO’s violence prevention team gave expert testimony on public health approach to violence prevention to French Conseil National des Villes 8:01 AM May 15th via web
  6. TEDxTalks feature Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention bit.ly/LW5tT8 5:12 AM May 14th via web
  7. BMJ study shows that frequent bullying increases the risk of self-harm by up to three times - bit.ly/K5jI75 1:38 AM May 8th via web
  8. Rat study reveals possible biological roots of intimate partner violence in people bit.ly/Jo7m4n 5:06 AM May 3rd via web
  9. “Is violence history?” Listen to Steven Pinker discuss why violence has declined dramatically over the last centuries bit.ly/tcvThX 12:49 AM May 1st via web
  10. Safe Start Center - valuable online resources for preventing violence against children and reducing its consequences bit.ly/15QXYk 5:43 AM Apr 30th via web
  11. Blueprint for a Youth Violence Prevention Strategy in Europe – symposium on 5 June 2012 in Brussels, Belgium bit.ly/J8EHA0 8:01 AM Apr 27th via web
  12. Violence ages children's DNA, shortens their chromosomes usat.ly/I8NyGt 3:24 AM Apr 25th via web
  13. Global Domestic Violence Prevention App Challenge bit.ly/wOFDZJ 8:29 AM Apr 24th via web
  14. Fewer violence-related injuries in the UK due to successful policing, community partnerships, and public health action bbc.in/HOkhBY 12:21 AM Apr 23rd via web
  15. P4P practitioner clinic on preventing gender-based violence – call for applications bit.ly/Hzr7WW 7:04 AM Apr 16th via web
  16. US high school students overestimate gun carrying by their peers - social marketing may help reduce actual gun carrying bit.ly/GTaOFo 6:14 AM Apr 10th via web
  17. World Health Day 2012 – “Good health adds life to years” – identifies elder maltreatment as a growing challenge. See: bit.ly/HfqQKH 1:29 AM Apr 4th via web
  18. New evidence for the effectiveness of “hot spots” policing in preventing crime and violence bit.ly/niFNqK 3:02 AM Apr 2nd via web
  19. New UK Government Alcohol Strategy highlights prevention of alcohol-related violence bit.ly/GIRdtP 2:58 AM Mar 30th via web
  20. Female homicide rates elevated in countries with high and very high overall homicide rates bit.ly/wg2jfv 11:42 PM Mar 28th via web
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