The global status report on violence prevention 2014: Where to for the South African health sector?

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime jointly released the first Global Status Report on Violence Prevention on 10 December 2014. This editorial reviews the Report’s perspective on violence prevention in South Africa (SA) and its implications for the SA health sector, as well as the recommendations of the Report for moving forward.