Drowning top cause of young child deaths in many countries- WHO
Sunday July 25 2021
Drowning is now a leading cause of death for children aged under five in many countries, the World Health Organization said Friday.
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Enforcing safe shipping loading and ferry regulations, and improving flood risk management, are two other interventions recommended by the WHO
Recent surveys in Tanzania and Uganda found that 80 percent of drowning deaths were among young adult fishermen, the WHO said
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Drowning is now a leading cause of death for children aged under five in many countries, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Around 2.5 million people died by drowning in the decade to 2019, the WHO said, as it set out a series of simple measures to help reduce the "entirely preventable" toll.