Taiwan's Health Ministry Draws Up New Guidelines To Prevent Child Abuse
Taiwan's health ministry has announced nine measures as part of new guidelines designed to stop the abuse of children under the care of the state while waiting for adoption.
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00:00 Taiwan's health ministry has announced new guidelines on the foster care of children up for adoption.
00:05 That's after an infant died at the hands of an abusive caregiver late last year.
00:10 Nine new guidelines put more responsibility on local authorities.
00:14 They now have to sign off on forms allowing families to give up their children for adoption
00:18 and help place them in appropriate care.
00:21 The details of several guidelines still need fleshing out,
00:23 including more supervision of caregivers and better training for social workers.
00:28 But the Health Ministry hopes this will help prevent future cases of abuse.