Violence against children is a scourge that we must all fight

There will be one billion victims this year and their trauma will linger for life. World leaders must do more to help them, say Zoleka Mandela, Etienne Krug and Howard Taylor.

At the World Health Assembly in May, we made the case for why governments and United Nations agencies need to spend more on preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), injury, and violence against children.