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Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: Special Report

A new report highlights the need to intervene early to prevent unintentional deaths from poisoning in young people.

This seventh activities report presents the activities of the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) from 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2016.

The 12th data report released for the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee reporting on data of deaths in children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years who died in New Zealand from 2002 to the present.

This policy gives clear direction and guidance on the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee's model of operating, theory of change and its expectations of the people and organisations that work with them.

CYMRC member Dr Nick Baker delivered this presentation on off road vehicle child and youth deaths, at ACC's quad bike child safety forum on 18 September 2015.

Poster by Nick Baker and Brandy Griffin (CYMRC): Recommendations and actions – attributes most associated with system improvement. (Highly commended at APAC Forum 2015.)

Special report from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee: Child and youth mortality from motorcycle, quad bike and motorised agricultural vehicle use, with a focus on deaths under age 15 years.

Special Report from the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee on unintentional suffocation, foreign body inhalation and strangulation.

The Ministry of Health has reviewed and updated its recommendations to decrease the risk of food-related choking in babies and young children. The updated advice expands on previous Ministry advice and includes a list of foods considered to be of a h