Sobering data on drownings
Compared to their peers in the region, Cambodian children are much more likely to die by drowning, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization. The WHO, which provided country-specific statistics alongside its new Global Report on Drowning, released yesterday, estimates that the risk of drowning is about twice as high for Cambodian children in the first 15 years of life as it is for kids of the same age in other low- to middle-income countries in the region, including Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines, among several others. One major aim of the report is to encourage prevention efforts aimed at children, such as swimming lessons, day care centres and the installation of barriers close to bodies of water. …
Joe Freeman
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