Despite the clear burden of falls , drowning, burns and non-road transport injuries in adolescents it remains neglected in #globalhealth Our piece in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health makes it to the cover. 🔗thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

At accelerated action on #drowning prevention event org. by #UNICEF & #RNLI in NY ahead of #DrowningPreventionDay-25 July. Shared🇧🇩experience & best practices. My #DoOneThing is taking this issue with me wherever I go World Health Organization (WHO) Unity of efforts & commitment are must 2 save lives.

On World #DrowningPrevention Day 25 July 2023, we are pleased to announce the launch of a new research project entitled ‘Identifying gaps in drowning data collection in low-and middle-income countries and the actors addressing them’ (lnkd.in/dJXcytnt)

👍🏼week with colleagues from around the 🌎 to discuss challenges implementing Rescue & Resuscitation training in low resource areas & develop resources 👀 at: -😱 of 🦠transmission - Re-training - Monitoring programmes - Age appropriate training RNLI World Health Organization (WHO) RLSS(I) RLSS Commonwealth

Feeling truely depressed by the state of humanity this evening. Images of children killed in the hospital explosion in Gaza should be a wake up call for us.

Honoured to be on @wcdp2023 panel on Future of Drowning Prevention in Africa. #AFRO accounts for >20% of global drowning but only 10 African delegates @wcdp2023 Many unable to get visas. Need to actively implement pathways for inclusion & build South-South partnerships

🌊 Join our team! We're hiring a part-time Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor within the International Department at the RNLI. If you're passionate about making a global impact on #drowningprevention and have expertise in M&E, apply now! 🌎👉shorturl.at/kwY03

Congratulations to all involved 🙏🏽 With >30k “reported” preventable drowning deaths, the framework highlights the inter-multi sectoral nature of the issue. It signals actions with a whole of society approach. We keenly 👀 to implementation & saving lives. #DrowningPrevention

Drowning claims lives of >90,000 children and adolescents annually. Great to see UNICEF World Health Organization (WHO) paper in BMJ calling for concerted action 👏🏼 gh.bmj.com/content/8/12/e…

Sending a heartfelt 🙏to RNLI for their valuable support & early contribution to #safety2024 scholarships. #LMIC #emcr 🙏for being champions of #drowningprevention & promoting opportunities for all #RepresentationMatters Kate Eardley Tom Mecrow Steve Wills Gemma May

Exciting kickoff today at the State Health Department, Govt of West Bengal, with the initiation of a State-level Training of Trainers (ToT) program on rescue and resuscitation! A crucial step in our collective efforts for drowning prevention.#JJagnoor #stevetraveller #tommecrow

Sudanese writer and academic, Hamid Khalafallah, reflects on the year-long conflict in Sudan, emphasizing the impact of displacement and the humanitarian crisis. Over 8 million people have been displaced... geeska.com/en/one-year-ca…

*Global Workshop on Day-care and Drowning Prevention* - 21-23 Oct 2024, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, co-hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO) & RNLI  📣 Calling all day-care practitioners, #ECD specialists and INGO leads providing day-care in LMIC settings. Apply for a place - shorturl.at/lyzCV

🚨CONSULTANT OPPORTUNITY🚨 in Bangladesh! Join RNLI's mission to prevent drowning in Bangladesh, the leading cause of child mortality. Seeking a Stakeholder Engagement & Government Liaison Specialist. Apply here: hotjobs.bdjobs.com/jobs/ciprb/cip… #Bangladesh #DrowningPrevention #RNLI

Great to see parliament debate on provision of water safety education 🛟 in UK schools. Swim England research highlighting large inequalities in access to 🏊🏽‍♂️ lessons, and % of primary school children able to swim 25m dropping. parliamentlive.tv/event/index/f2…

Great week of design workshops with colleagues from RNLI CIPRB Bournemouth Uni Design without Borders Africa Southampton Uni reviewing community prioritised interventions for child drowning prevention (aged <2years) in Bangladesh, part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research funded #Sonamoni project.

Over 10 years of partnership between ⁦RNLI⁩ and ⁦The Panje Project⁩ on drowning prevention in Zanzibar. Great to see Muhammad ⁦World Conf. Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion⁩ sharing how swimming & water safety education is now being scaled up through integration in education curriculum 🏊🏾🏊🏾‍♀️🌊

So excited to see the launch of the first WHO global status report on #DrowningPrevention What a milestone for our community but an important reminder of all the work left to do. Find the report here: iris.who.int/bitstream/hand…

“Anyone can drown. No one should.” notes WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus - The Lancet Public Health thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…