Child sex abuse, overweight children drag down New Zealand's health ranking123RF.COM New Zealand is ranked 32nd out of 188 countries on a range of global health measures related to the UN's health-related sustainable development goals. New Zealand's child sex abuse rates are among the world's worst, according to a United Nations (UN) report. Auckland University Professor Janet Fanslow said our terrible score on child sex abuse was not surprising. The UN defined childhood sexual abuse as the prevalence of men and women aged 18-29 who experienced sexual violence by the age of 18. She said legislation to tackle child sex abuse focussed too heavily on response rather than prevention, and was likely to blame for our horrific score.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2017 07:18 UTC