Child maltreatment: planned multi-country child maltreatment prevention project WHO and partners Reduce child maltreatment and life-long negative consequences 5-10 low- and middle-income countries –Capacity development –National policy and programmes –Child maltreatment monitoring –Outcome evaluation Reduced child maltreatment –Enhanced child development –Enhanced academic performance –Improved life-long health Resource mobilization underway The 2006 WHO report on prevention of child maltreatment drew attention to the need for this topic to achieve the prominence and investment in prevention and epidemiological monitoring that is given to other serious public-health concerns with lifelong consequences affecting children (Gilbert et al, Lancet, 3 December, 2008).
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