5:18 on January 18 to prevent abuse death and accident recurrence

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will start a model project to examine child death cases and prevent abuse deaths and accidents from reoccurring from next fiscal year, and held a briefing session for local government officials before this. Was.

A system that examines cases of child deaths and leads to measures to prevent recurrence is called the "Child Death Review" overseas, and in some countries, there are laws and regulations that set the system.

In Japan, model projects are scheduled to begin in April in order to strengthen the system for investigating the cause of death. A briefing session was held in Shinagawa, Tokyo, for local government officials.

In this case, the physician representative of the national research group created a system in which prefectures and prefectures cooperate with doctors, child guidance centers, educational institutions, police and fire departments to verify death cases. He explained that it is necessary to consider preventive measures based on the information and survey results obtained for each.

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to aim the institutionalization of "Child Death Review" Based on the achievements and challenges in the model business to prospect the two years later.