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'W.H.O.' Proclaims (GUN) Violence a Major Public-H
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WHO Proclaims Violence a Major Public-Health Problem
8/29/2002
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that violence has become a major public-health problem throughout the world, the Gambian Independent reported Aug. 26.
According to WHO's First World Report on Violence and Health, millions of people die each year from gun violence, and just as many suffer injuries -- some permanent disabilities -- as a result of guns.
In addition, the report says that gun violence contributes to a number of other health problems, including depression, illicit drug and alcohol addiction, smoking, eating and sleeping disorders, and HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
"Violence results from interplay of individual, relationship, community, and structural factors," the report said, adding that in order to create safe and healthy communities, a strong commitment is needed from multiple sectors at the international, national, and community levels.
The WHO report recommended a science-based public-health approach to curbing violence. The report said that public-health officials lead the campaign.
"Through their vision and leadership, much can be done to establish national plans and policies for violence prevention, to help facilitate the collection of data to document and respond to the problem, to build important partnerships with other sectors, and to ensure an adequate commitment of resources to prevention efforts," the report stated.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,553670,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
8/29/2002
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that violence has become a major public-health problem throughout the world, the Gambian Independent reported Aug. 26.
According to WHO's First World Report on Violence and Health, millions of people die each year from gun violence, and just as many suffer injuries -- some permanent disabilities -- as a result of guns.
In addition, the report says that gun violence contributes to a number of other health problems, including depression, illicit drug and alcohol addiction, smoking, eating and sleeping disorders, and HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
"Violence results from interplay of individual, relationship, community, and structural factors," the report said, adding that in order to create safe and healthy communities, a strong commitment is needed from multiple sectors at the international, national, and community levels.
The WHO report recommended a science-based public-health approach to curbing violence. The report said that public-health officials lead the campaign.
"Through their vision and leadership, much can be done to establish national plans and policies for violence prevention, to help facilitate the collection of data to document and respond to the problem, to build important partnerships with other sectors, and to ensure an adequate commitment of resources to prevention efforts," the report stated.
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/0,2061,553670,00.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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