The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), was formed in January 2004 at the World Health Organization’s (WHO)-hosted Milestones of a global campaign for violence prevention meeting. It is a network of WHO Member States, international agencies and civil society organisations working to prevent violence.
VPA is an opportunity for groups from all sectors (governmental, non-governmental and private) and levels (community, national, regional and international) to unite around a shared vision and approach to violence prevention that works both to address the root causes of violence and to improve services for victims.
VPA participants aim to strengthen support for data-driven violence prevention programmes based on the public health approach and ecological framework outlined in the WHO’s World report on violence and health, and to facilitate implementation of the report’s recommendations.