Global Coalition for WHO Action
on Firearm Violence

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Working with WHO and partners worldwide to prevent firearm violence through health and solidarity

The Global Coalition for WHO Action on Firearm Violence (GC-WHOA) unites research institutes, civil-society organisations, and advocacy networks committed to strengthening the World Health Organization’s leadership in preventing firearm injury and death.

Established in 2025, following evidence that WHO attention to firearm violence had steadily declined, the Coalition works with Member States and partners to restore it as a global public-health priority.

Through collaboration with WHO governing bodies and regional offices, GC-WHOA promotes practical, evidence-based strategies that integrate firearm-violence prevention into health, gender, and equity frameworks—building on WHO’s successes in tobacco control, road safety, and violence prevention.

Guided by equity, inclusion, and scientific integrity, the Coalition ensures meaningful participation from low- and middle-income countries, survivor-led networks, and youth advocates.

1
Re-establish firearm violence as a public-health priority
within WHO and its 192 Member States.
2
Catalyse a World Health Assembly resolution
mandating sustained WHO engagement and multisectoral collaboration.
3
Strengthen health-sector prevention and care
including trauma, rehabilitation, and mental-health services.
4
Integrate firearm-violence prevention
into WHO’s INSPIRE, RESPECT, and LIVE LIFE frameworks.
5
Advance global data and research
improving tracking of firearm injuries and deaths.
6
Address firearms as a commercial determinant of health
applying lessons from WHO’s work on tobacco, alcohol, and road safety.
7
Promote policy coherence
linking public-health, human-rights, and arms-control frameworks.
8
Mobilise civil-society and survivor leadership
to sustain global advocacy and accountability.