Global Violence Prevention: Partners

CDC is part of a network of government and private organizations that shape international health policies and programs. Key partners in violence prevention include:

• Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence
  As a member of the Inter-American Coalition for the Prevention of Violence, CDC is working to reduce violence in the Americas by developing and monitoring key indicators; conducting seminars and workshops; offering technical assistance in the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs, and providing information to policymakers. Other coalition partners are:
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Organization of American States
  • Pan American Health Organization
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
  • UN-Habitat
  • United States Agency for International Development
  • World Bank
• World Health Organization
• United Nations Children's Fund
• Violence Prevention Alliance

CDC is a core partner and funder of the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA)— a network of World Health Organization member states, governments, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, private, international, and intergovernmental agencies working to prevent violence. The alliance develops policies, programs, and tools to use the recommendations of the World Report on Violence and Health [PDF 321KB] in communities, regions, and countries around the world. 

The core members of the alliance also supported the creation of a searchable online database of evidence-based programs.  This tool provides access to abstracts from published studies that have measured the effectiveness of activities to prevent violence. Studies in the database measure the effect of interventions directly on violence

Other founding members of the VPA include:

• Belgium Ministry of Health
• The California Wellness Foundation, United States of America
• Centre for Health Promotion, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
• Health Protection Agency North West, United Kingdom
• Hesse Department of Social Welfare, Germany
• Ministry of Health, Jamaica