Presented by Gauden Galea, Director, Noncommunicable Diseases and Health Promotion, WHO/Europe, at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.

1. Investing in children:
The European child and adolescent health
strategy 2015–2020
The European child maltreatment prevention
action plan 2015–2020
Gauden Galea
Director, Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and
Health Promotion

2. Investing in children
• Gain benefits across the life
course
• Develop action plans for
multisectoral intervention
• Child maltreatment
prevention action plan

3. Investing in children
• End preventable death
and disease
• Improve exclusive
breastfeeding

4. Investing in children
A good start in life:
equal access to
health, education and
social systems

5. Investing in children
Improve access to
quality school health
and adolescent
friendly services

6. Investing in children
Towards a tobacco free millennial generation –
reduce tobacco use by 20% by 2020

7. Investing in children
Improve hygiene and
access to safe water
and sanitation

8. Child maltreatment: a common health problem
• Goes undetected in 90% of cases
– 18 million children sexually abused
– 44 million children physically abused
• Negatively affects mental and physical health and
social outcomes
• Perpetuates inequity and social injustice
• Costs society billions of euros
• Contributes to cycles of violence through the life-course

9. Child maltreatment prevention
action plan
1. Make it more visible
– Reports and surveys
2. Develop multisectoral plans
3. Reduce risks
– Nurse home visiting
– Parenting education
– Training for abusive head trauma and to
avoid sexually abusive situations
– Training of health and other
professionals
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10. Thank you