Citation

Jagnoor J, Kobusingye OC, Scarr JP. Lancet 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01601-9

PMID

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Abstract

Most of the 235 000 deaths from drowning each year occur in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). A quarter of all drowning deaths are reported in children younger than 5 years and drowning is among the ten leading causes of deaths in young people aged 5-14 years. The world's highest child drowning rates are in populations who live around river basins in the Bay of Bengal across India and Bangladesh, with nearly 46 children drowning each day...

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