But despite the tinkering, things don t seem to be improving. The Child Safety figures in the Report on Government Services is an annual confirmation of the disturbing status quo. The numbers of children reported to the system continue to grow. There were 23,266 notifications in 2019-20, with 6537 substantiated and 11,570 young people on new or continuing protection orders. Investigations continue to be slow, investigators continue to miss signs of harm until later and children continue to be harmed, even once they re in state care. Workers talk about turning up to check on families only to be screamed at, with doors slammed in their faces.
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Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency over its deep-rooted problem of violence against women, creating new measures that activists have demanded for years to battle a deadly tide.
The US territory has seen sustained levels of violence that on average result in one woman s death per week, a 2019 report said, echoing the problem in other Caribbean and Latin American countries.
The declaration, which is also to offer protection to gay and transgender people, includes measures like creating a mobile app for victims to request help and report attacks.
Authorities are to create a new program to monitor women who have taken out restraining orders against abusers, and a new committee will be responsible for enforcing policies and proposing other measures.
Refugees like Sadaf have escaped violence but are more likely to be victims of bullying in Australia
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Afghan refugee Sadaf, 14, had to go to hospital after she was bullied at high school in Australia.
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When Sadaf arrived in Australia as a refugee at the age of six, one of the first things she noticed was a big kind of safe feeling . Growing up in Afghanistan, we couldn t really go outside without having a man [accompany us], she said. So the first time I came here and could go outside, there was so much freedom.
New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific
- Launch of first pan-Asia Pacific minimum clinical standards for the screening, diagnosis & management of osteoporosis -
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Thursday, January 28, 2021) launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk groups.
Published in Osteoporosis International today, The APCO Framework comprises 16 minimum clinical standards set to serve as a benchmark for the provision of optimal osteoporosis care in the region.
Developed by APCO members representing key osteoporosis stakeholders, and multiple medical and surgical specialities, this set of clear, concise, relevant and pragmatic clinical standards aims to support national societies, guidelines development authorities, and health care policy makers with the development of new guidelines, an