236,000 lives lost to drowning worldwide every year: WHO

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New Delhi CNI: About 236,000 lives every year, which can be 350 per day or 26 every hour, are lost due to drowning worldwide, said Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia

Pertinent to mention here that, July 25 is observed as World Drowning Prevention Day to bring awareness about the leading cause of injury-related death and disability worldwide.CNI


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