Pulling on the same oars together - we can make a difference
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Pulling on the same oars together - we can make a difference
- 1. Dr Michael Linnan Technical Director, The Alliance for Safe Children [email_address] www.tasc-gcipf.org
- 5. Itโs not pools, itโs not beaches, and there is no association with alcohol use โ itโs just daily life
- 10. The surveys to date 95,000 / 450,000 National, Manila separate Philippines 2004 100,010 / 319,500 Provincial, all counties Jiangxi 2005 29,400 / /104,000 National, 8 provinces Indonesia 2003 72,500 / 348,000 National, all provinces Cambodia 2007 100,100 / 370,000 National, Bangkok separate Thailand 2004 28,000 / 87,000 Beijing capital, all counties Beijing 2003 175,000 / 698,000 National, Dhaka separate Bangladesh 2003 27,000 / 128,000 National with 8 regions Vietnam 2001 (HH/residents) Scope of sample Country and date
- 11. What the surveys show
- 12. Drowning causes over half of all child deaths after infancy
- 13. Drowning kills more children than tuberculosis
- 14. more than HIV
- 15. more than dengue
- 17. more than SARS or Avian Flu combined
- 18. more than tetanus, whooping cough and polio put together
- 19. Child drowning by season Matlab 1983 - 1995
- 30. 3,750 households divided between 4 zones at varying distances from beach 16,240 household members as of morning of 26 December, 2004; 49.9% male. 50.1% female 52% urban, from Banda Aceh and 48% rural from Aceh Besar 2.7% infants, 28.5% 1-17 years, and 68.7% 18+ years Aceh, northern Sumatra Banda Aceh Aceh Besar Direction of waves coming ashore
- 31. Mortality rates in tsunami by age and distance to beach
- 32. Mortality rates in the tsunami by age and swimming ability
- 34. If this is their walk to school shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 35. If this is how they go to the store, shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 36. If this is their backyard, shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 37. If they play here, shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 38. If they live on a boat shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 39. Alone or together, shouldnโt they know how to swim?
- 41. Child drowning
- 42. Will you take up the oars? Lifesaving Aye!
- 43. Relative risk of child surviving the tsunami according to whether a parent or caretaker could swim