First global status report on drowning prevention identifies opportunities to scale up efforts
Peden, Amy E. (2025) First global status report on drowning prevention identifies opportunities to scale up efforts. Injury Prevention, 32 (1).
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Abstract
[Extract] Although Friday the 13th may be viewed as unlucky for some, Friday the 13th of December 2024 was an historic moment for global drowning prevention efforts. It saw the release of the first Global Status Report on Drowning Prevention by the WHO, documenting progress in preventing drowning across 139 member states.
As a preventable cause of death and injury, drowning is estimated to have claimed the lives of 300 000 people in 2021.2 Males, residents of low-income countries, and children and young people are over-represented in the data (table 1). Beyond demographic factors such as age and sex, a range of additional risk factors for drowning are discussed in the report, including occupational exposure, climate-related risks including flooding and heatwaves, and migration and refuge-seeking among others. Information on location and activity prior to drowning can inform prevention efforts, with respondents to the report highlighting rivers and lakes and recreational activities as key concerns.
| Item ID: | 88426 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| ISSN: | 1475-5785 |
| Keywords: | Advocacy, Drowning, Natural disaster, Policy, Recreation / Sports |
| Copyright Information: | © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2026. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ Group. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2026 06:59 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420604 Injury prevention @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2004 Public health (excl. specific population health) > 200408 Injury prevention and control @ 100% |
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