Dear CHIFA members
I have a request for the CHIFA members.
According to 2023 data, Japan's infant mortality rate is 1.8, one of the lowest in the world. However, when looking only at infants from unemployed households, the rate is 19.0, more than 10 times higher.
Furthermore, suicide is the leading cause of death among teenagers, accounting for 26% of all deaths in their early teens and 50% in their late teens.
Given this, we need to understand the social paediatric context of these issues, conduct death reviews using a refined social model rather than a medical model, and work to solve the problem. Such efforts are not sufficient in Japan.
What kind of child death review is in your country? Could you please introduce some inspiring initiatives or papers from your country, region or the world?
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards,
Hajime
CHIFA profile:
Hajime Takeuchi is a professor at the Bukkyo University in Japan. Professional interests: child health, child poverty, child wellbeing. takechanespid@gmail.com He is a CHIFA Country Representative for Japan and a member of the CHIFA Steering Group (child health and rights) http://www.hifa.org/support/members/hajime takechanespid AT gmail.com