England - Chertsey, Surrey evacuated after death of seven-year-old boy - possibly flood related

[Nika]

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Properties in Chertsey, Surrey evacuated after death of seven-year-old boy from mystery illness

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Chief Superintendent Dave Miller urged anyone local to Thameside, Chertsey, who...

[FrenchieGirl]

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Now first suspected H7N9 Shanghai to Hong Kong isolation and treatment of girls

Secretary for Food and Health Bureau, Mr Ko Wing-man, a 7-year-old girl, the symptoms of the flu last month after returning...

[makoto]

Gov't launches campaign to wipe out non-childproof cigarette lighters

Alarmed by the number of fires caused by lighters that have claimed children's lives in recent years, the government is launching a campaign to wipe out lighters without...

[makoto]

Medical review aims to reduce child death cases

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese Pediatrians' Society plans to establish a registration system to review and investigate child death cases in an effort to reduce their number.

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[makoto]

Pediatricians to gather info on freak accidents

Japanese doctors are to register data on children's freak accidents to avoid preventable deaths.

Sunday, December 25, 2011 23:30 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/d...

[makoto]

Osaka pref. eyes ordinance against child sex offenders

OSAKA--Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui said Wednesday he plans to propose to the Osaka prefectural assembly next year an ordinance requiring people with records of sexual crimes against children...

[makoto]

Telling children about parents' cancer / Honesty, explanation of the disease and treatments are keys to understanding

Yoshiko Sugihara, a color therapist, was shocked to learn she had breast cancer in autumn 2007 and was concerned about...

[makoto]

Children's Net utilization ability to be tested

The education ministry has decided to carry out "digital literacy tests" for primary and middle school students to measure how effectively they utilize information and communication...

[makoto]

Young boys favor video games after school, high school girls prefer cell phones: survey

A nationwide student survey of after-school activities suggests that boys in elementary grades tend to play video games while girls in high school...

[makoto]

Large expansion in education subsidies for low-income families set for next fiscal year

Aiming to break a "chain of poverty" where children of poor parents become poor adults, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is aiming...

[makoto]

Average no. of married couple's offspring falls to record low

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The average number of children a married couple has in their lifetime fell below two for the first time in 2010 to 1.96, a survey by a government institute...

[makoto]

Japanese couples going to Thailand to pick sex of child

A growing number of married Japanese couples are paying big bucks in Thailand to ensure their baby is the sex they want.....

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201109...

[makoto]

Survey: Finally, young children going to bed earlier

Fewer young children are staying up late while more are waking up early, a trend that reflects their parents' lifestyles over the past decade, a survey by the Japanese Society of Child...

[makoto]

Sharing the grief of losing a child / Women find comfort by talking to others with similar experiences

In an effort to help provide psychological care to women who have lost their unborn or newborn child, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center...

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Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publication...9241562218.pdf...