TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Drowning prevention: priorities to accelerate multisectoral action
JO  - Lancet
A1  - Jagnoor, Jagnoor
A1  - Kobusingye, Olive Chifefe
A1  - Scarr, Justin-Paul
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0140-6736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01601-9
ID  - ref1
ER  -