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• Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee poster competition

  Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee poster competition

  7th Dec 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  Winners from the CYMRC poster competition at their annual conference.

• International conference hears many sudden infant deaths preventable

  International conference hears many sudden infant deaths preventable

  24th Oct 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  This article provides knowledge and insights into sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) from a conference in the United States recently, attended by New Zealand child mortality experts and international specialists.

• Alcohol Healthwatch Trust launches BABIES + BOOZE campaign

  Alcohol Healthwatch Trust launches BABIES + BOOZE campaign

  18th Oct 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  Media release from the Alcohol Healthwatch Trust. The Trust has teamed up with two community organisations to launch the BABIES + BOOZE campaign to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

• Fire safety labels now compulsory for children's pyjamas

  Fire safety labels now compulsory for children's pyjamas

  6th Sep 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  Article on fire safety warnings on children's nightwear, which are now compulsory after the death of one young boy and serious injuries to at least four others.

• No helmet, no bike

  No helmet, no bike

  23rd Aug 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  NO helmet, no bike. This is the safety message Safekids New Zealand wants parents and caregivers to tell their bicycle-riding children.

• New members appointed to the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  New members appointed to the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  20th Aug 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  New members bring considerable knowledge and experience to the Committee, which collects and reviews information on the deaths of children and young people with the aim of preventing future deaths.

• SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better

  SIDS prevention: 3000 lives saved but we can do better

  16th Aug 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  This article looks at the fall in sudden infant deaths over the past two decades and argues that further lives can be saved by focussing on the increased risks from bed sharing.

• Drop in teenage drink-drive convictions

  Drop in teenage drink-drive convictions

  14th Aug 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  The Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee is delighted that figures show that there has been a reduction in teenage drink-drive convictions.

• CYMRC chair, Dr Nick Baker, talks to Campbell Live about 'huffing'

  CYMRC chair, Dr Nick Baker, talks to Campbell Live about 'huffing'

  30th Jul 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee

  Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee chair, Dr Nick Baker was interviewed by Campbell Live on 26 July about teenage deaths from huffing butane and the need for restricting sales of butane to prevent future deaths.

• CYMRC letter to Coroner Evans

  CYMRC letter to Coroner Evans

  25th Jul 2012, Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee Featured

  CYMRC's response to a request from Coroner Evans for its views on the adequacy of present state systems for the care and protection of children and suggestions about improvements