Our next #WCDP2023 plenary session is focused on #DrowningPrevention across the diverse African region with colleagues from Uganda, Ghana, South Africa & Egypt. Hearing of the importance of building south-south partnerships, getting drowning on the policy agenda & improving data

Common messages of excellent presentations from 🇬🇧 🇮🇪 🇵🇹 🇵🇱 🇳🇴 🇳🇿 was that World Day on Drowning Prevention (25 July) provided an "opportunity" for engaging stakeholders across tue board, from government to grassroots community's on water safety and DP. Start planning for 2024!

🌊 India's 1st Drowning Prevention strategic plan is now a reality! Kudos to @MoHFW_India, Hon'ble Minister Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, and Dr. Bharati Pravin Power. 🇮🇳 A giant leap towards saving lives and promoting water safety! 💪 #DrowningPrevention #Kavach #JJagnoor

MENTOR-VIP is an excellent opportunity for committed injury and violence prevention practitioners to improve their skills and benefit from the guidance of a more practised mentor. Applicantion now open who.int/teams/social-d… The due date is 5 May 2024.

Wonderful & productive few days in Turkiye 🇹🇷 Stay tuned for first WHO Global Status Report on #DrowningPrevention- coming soon!

Without mosquitoes, you can’t study malaria. The Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Insectary mass produces over 50,000 mosquitos every week to advance scientific research, find solutions, and save lives. #WorldMalariaDay Learn more: publichealth.jhu.edu/malaria-resear…

Call for applications for World Health Organization (WHO) RNLI Global Workshop on Child Day-care and #Drowning Prevention open through 3 June. Apply here: bit.ly/4bk21zh#Injury…

We are so thrilled our founder Mike Bloomberg will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden this afternoon – the nation’s highest honor. Mike is being recognized for his leadership as an entrepreneur, mayor, and philanthropist.

Congrats Mike Bloomberg on being awarded The Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Biden for your tremendous leadership in business, public health, government, and philanthropy. I’ve had the privilege of working for Mike for the past 21 years and am proud to be a part of his team.

Today, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $60M investment towards its Initiative to Prevent Drowning, which will work with partners globally to implement data-driven, proven solutions that will prevent drowning deaths.

Drowning has taken more than 2.5 million lives over the last decade. We're investing an additional $60M to scale proven solutions that save lives in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Uganda, and Viet Nam, and to launch new efforts in 10 U.S. states with high numbers of drowning deaths.

Happening now: Bloomberg Philanthropies #WHA77 side event on #RoadSafety and #Drowning Great discussion with YOURS - Youth for Road Safety Vietnam 🇻🇳 and Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 on youth involvement and country successes

Call for experts for new World Health Organization (WHO) Technical Advisory Group on Economic and #CommercialDeterminants of Health now open, deadline 7 July 2024. More information here: bit.ly/3UVAU76

I'm happy to share that I've joined DKFZ as the Endowed Division Head for Policy & Implementation Research! Through cutting-edge research & transdisciplinary collaboration, this division is dedicated to accelerating the uptake of evidence into cancer prevention policy & practice

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people die from drowning. Today is World #DrowningPrevention Day, a day not only to remember those who have passed on due to this silent killer but also an opportunity to raise awareness. Seconds can save a life. It starts with you!

🚨 Exciting News! #CARTA fellow Frederick Oporia will be a panelist at the 15th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion in Delhi, India, Sept 2-4, 2024! He's leading the charge in trauma, injury, disability, & drowning prevention. Read more: worldsafety2024.com/state-of-the-a…

Excited to welcome Dr. Frederick Oporia as a panelist at #Safety2024! With groundbreaking work on #DrowningPrevention in Uganda, his expertise on unintentional #injuries, #RoadSafety, and more will enrich the discussions at the #conference. Register now: buff.ly/4baULFf

Excited to chair a session on Drowning Prevention and Response. I have a stellar line up of presenters on this at the World Conf. Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion. Join us in Mumtaz tomorrow at 8:00am.

Looking forward to this discussion with seasoned experts in the field of Drowning Prevention.

Congratulations Prof Jagnoor Jagnoor for successfully organizing the World Conf. Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion . It is very difficult to organize a conference of that magnitude and it runs perfectly well. Well done my supervisor 👏 #Safety2026 South Africa loading. See y'all there.