Over 200,000 people died attributable to drowning in 2019, with greater than 90% of the victims coming from low to center earnings nations together with the Philippines, in response to Maki Pulido’s “24 Oras” particular report on Tuesday.
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls drowning a “silent killer.”
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), not less than 2,348 people died attributable to drowning within the Philippines in 2022
The report mentioned not less than 44% of the victims are aged one to 19.
Meanwhile, extra males (71%) died attributable to drowning than girls with (29%) the WHO mentioned.
Around 13% of those that died attributable to drowning have been inebriated.
“Para masolusyunan ang isyu ng drowning napakahalaga ang government leadership. Ganunpaman, lahat tayo ay maaaring tumulong,” John Juliard Go of WHO Philippines mentioned.
Watch the particular report for the entire story.—Richa Noriega/LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
