Abstract
Most of the 235 000 deaths from drowning each year occur in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs).1 A quarter of all drowning deaths are reported in children younger than 5 years and drowning is among the ten leading causes of deaths in young people aged 5–14 years.1 The world's highest child drowning rates are in populations who live around river basins in the Bay of Bengal across India and Bangladesh, with nearly 46 children drowning each day.2,3
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