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According to the WHO, there are an estimated 300,000 drowning deaths worldwide each year and a quarter of them are children under 5. But because the risk factors are so diverse—from backyard swimming pools to monsoons to the fishing industry—preventing drowning deaths requires viewing the problem through a public health lens and investing in a multitude of approaches, many of which turn out to be beneficial to communities beyond basic water safety.
Guest:Caroline Lukaszyk is a technical officer for injury prevention at the World Health Organization.
Host:Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Show links and related content:Troubled Waters: Are day care centers a solution to preventing child drowning deaths in Bangladesh?—Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health
Preventing Drowning In Bangladesh (video)—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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According to the WHO, there are an estimated 300,000 drowning deaths worldwide each year and a quarter of them are children under 5. But because the risk factors are so diverse—from backyard swimming pools to monsoons to the fishing industry—preventing drowning deaths requires viewing the problem through a public health lens and investing in a multitude of approaches, many of which turn out to be beneficial to communities beyond basic water safety.
Guest:Caroline Lukaszyk is a technical officer for injury prevention at the World Health Organization.
Host:Stephanie Desmon, MA, is a former journalist, author, and the director of public relations and communications for the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the largest center at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Show links and related content:Troubled Waters: Are day care centers a solution to preventing child drowning deaths in Bangladesh?—Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health
Preventing Drowning In Bangladesh (video)—Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Looking for episode transcripts? Open our podcast on the Apple Podcasts app (desktop or mobile) or the Spotify mobile app to access an auto-generated transcript of any episode. Closed captioning is also available for every episode on our YouTube channel.
Contact us:Have a question about something you heard? Looking for a transcript? Want to suggest a topic or guest? Contact us via email or visit our website.
Follow us:@PublicHealthPod on Bluesky
@JohnsHopkinsSPH on Instagram
@JohnsHopkinsSPH on Facebook
@PublicHealthOnCall on YouTube
Here's our RSS feed
Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University.
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