Public Consultation: Drowning and Falls Prevention
People can make submissions on two recently released draft strategies to prevent drowning and falls. The drowning prevention strategy is about ensuring that people can continue to have fun in the water, and stay safe while doing so (on average, 130 people drown in NZ every year and about 650 people are hospitalised as a result of water-related injuries).
Falls were particularly common in children and older adults, but affected all age groups. They are the leading cause of hospitalisation from injury, and one of the top three causes of injury-related deaths in NZ. There has been a rapid increase in falls prevention activity over recent years, and the strategy will help guide and co-ordinate the efforts of central and local government, non-government and community organisations.
Submissions close on 18 February 2005. To make a submission on the Drowning Prevention Strategy: Towards a Water Safe NZ 2005-2015 and/or Preventing Injury from Falls: The National Strategy 2005-2015, contact 0800 THINKSAFE (0800 844 657) or visit www.nzips.govt.nz |
Contact for Enquiries
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: +64 4 894 0100
Fax: +64 4 894 0720
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