The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report highlighting the ongoing risk of drowning, particularly among children, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite a 38% decline in the global drowning death rate since 2000, the report warns that over 7.2 million people, predominantly children, are at risk of drowning by 2050 if current trends persist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2021, an estimated 300,000 people drowned, with more than 30 drowning deaths occurring every hour. Alarmingly, nearly half of all drowning victims are under 29 years old, and a quarter of these deaths involve children under five. The report emphasizes that children are at heightened risk when unsupervised by adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised the significant reduction in drowning deaths as a major health achievement but stressed that every drowning is preventable. The report indicates that 90% of drowning deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. To combat this, WHO recommends community-based interventions such as installing barriers to water access, enhancing flood risk management, and increasing public awareness about drowning prevention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report highlighting the ongoing risk of drowning, particularly among children, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. Despite a 38% decline in the global drowning death rate since 2000, the report warns that over 7.2 million people, predominantly children, are at risk of drowning by 2050 if current trends persist. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":115463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[9102],"tags":[11589,7304],"class_list":["post-115462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-risk-of-drowning-for-children-worldwide","tag-who-report"],"yoast_head":"\n