32 children affected by critical and rare diseases. In particular, for those in need of rehabilitation treatment, is it possible to arrange a long-term rehabilitation treatment in a nearby medical facility? Issue 41. Mental Health of Children 1) Current status 150. The Ministry of Education has been conducting mental and behavioral examination in schools around the nation since 2009. In 2013, the ministry has launched a project to build regional cooperation to take care of mental health of students and implemented the project on offices of education nationwide since 2015. However, the mental health index of youths in 2016 in accordance with on-line survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention shows 12.1% feeling suicidal, 2.4% attempting suicide, 37.4% feeling stressed out, and 25.5% experiencing depression. The first killer for youths aged from 9 to 24 in the nation has been suicide since 2007. Recently, a song titled "Let's crash our heads and commit suicide" is highly popular among elementary students along with proof of self-mutilation. 2) Questions 151. What is the government's response to promote mental health of children? 3. Measures to Protect Children from Substance Abuse Issue 42. Smoking and Drinking 1) Current status 152. According to the government, its consistent efforts in providing adolescent smoking and drinking prevention programs resulted in continuous decline of smoking and drinking rates among teenagers (para. 132), however, the 13th On-line Survey on Health and Behavior of Youths (2017) conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention found that among middle school students, the experience rate of smoking prevention program and awareness of anti-smoking campaigns were 77.2% and 85.6%, respectively, and among high school students, 65.4% and 80.1%,