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Media Advisory

Global, national and local reflections on World Drowning Prevention Day 2021

DATE/TIME: Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 12:30 – 14:00 CEST (Geneva)
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SUJBECT: The first World Drowning Prevention Day is on July 25, 2021. The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners will mark this day with a virtual event to highlight celebrations around the world, explore priority actions in the field and generate momentum for drowning prevention to save lives.

PANELLISTS:

· David Meddings, WHO, Geneva

· Rebecca Bavinger, Bloomberg Philanthropies, New York

· Gemma May, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Poole

· Olive Kobusingye, Makerere University, Kampala

· Jagnoor Jagnoor, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney

· Caroline Lukaszyk, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific, Manila

· David Szpilman, Sobrasa Brasil, Rio de Janeiro

· Ana Catarina Queiroga, International Drowning Research Alliance, Porto

· Roger Sweeney, Water Safety Ireland, Galway

Facilitator:

· Justin Scarr, International Life Saving Federation, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia, Sydney

With recorded messages from:

· Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General

· Dr Michael R. Bloomberg, WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies

· Henrietta Fore, UNICEF Executive Director

CONNECT: Via Zoom Webinar. Register here before the global commemoration. Once you have registered, you will receive an email confirmation and the final link to join the event. The webinar will be held in English.

RESOURCES:
World Drowning Prevention Day 2021
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-drowning-prevention-day/2021

UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/75/273
https://undocs.org/A/RES/75/273

WHO Regional Press Release
Nearly two thirds of global drowning deaths occur in Asia Pacific

WHO Guideline on the prevention of drowning through provision of day-care and basic swimming and water safety skills

Audio file of press briefing (23 July) with WHO's David Meddings speaking about World Drowning Prevention Day
Cut-Dr Meddings with Q & A-.mp3

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