[The Japanese government's efforts to prevent heat stroke].
In recent years, as one of the effects of global warming and heat island phenomenon, the risk of heat stroke in daily life is increasing. The worst heat wave in our history attacked in 2010, which killed more than 1,700 people. Therefore, the Japanese Government, including the Ministry of the Environment, has promoted the following measures: (1) Provision of information about prediction and observation of temperature and warning of hot weather (2) Awareness-raising of preventive measures appropriate to the heat stroke (3) Dissemination of information on the occurrence of heat stroke, e.g. the number of deaths, the number of persons taken to hospital by ambulance (4) Promotion of research and study on heat stroke
Environmental Health Department, Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan.
Masato
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Homma
D006077:Government Agencies; D006266:Health Education; D018883:Heat Stroke / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007564:Japan