This initiative at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) aimed to strengthen systems and
institutions for research and education in public health and facilitate opportunities for interdisciplinary
The evaluation assesses the relevance, effectiveness and efficiency of the programme (including its overall value-for-money), as well as the quality of the research.
A number of factors cause urban violence-and they require both short and long-term interventions. Many countries direct huge amounts of resources at what governments believe to be the root causes of urban violence.
The Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) project, funded jointly by the German Development Bank and the City of Cape Town in South Africa, is a prime example of an evidence-based intervention for violence prevention that was designed