{"id":310156,"date":"2024-09-13T20:07:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=310156"},"modified":"2024-09-13T20:07:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T14:37:42","slug":"drowning-is-a-major-issue-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drowning-is-a-major-issue-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Drowning is a major issue in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source<\/strong>: The post drowning is a major issue in India has been created, based on the article \u201cWhy does drowning not figure as a health crisis in India?<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu<\/strong>\u201d on 13th August 2024<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2- Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong>: The article discusses how drowning is a major issue in India, causing over 38,000 deaths annually. Despite this, drowning is not treated as a public health crisis. Experts urge greater attention, prevention efforts, and community-led initiatives to reduce drowning deaths.<\/p>\n

What is the Scale of the Drowning Problem in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. In India, at least 38,000 people die from drowning each year, which experts believe is an underestimation.<\/li>\n
  2. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), in 2022, more than 70% of drowning deaths in India were due to accidental falls into water bodies.<\/li>\n
  3. Around 3,000 of these deaths were children under 14 years old, mostly boys.<\/li>\n
  4. However, many deaths, including those caused by flooding, are not accurately recorded as drowning incidents.<\/li>\n
  5. Globally, drowning has caused over 2.5 million deaths in the last decade, primarily in low and middle-income countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What are the government’s efforts to prevent drowning?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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    1. In December 2023, the Union Ministry of Health introduced the Strategic Framework for Drowning Prevention.<\/li>\n
    2. A National Strategy for the Prevention of Unintentional Injury was also launched, but experts believe that India still has much progress to make.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      What Should be Done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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      1. Increase Public Awareness: <\/strong>Experts emphasize that changing public perception of drowning, like how smoking went from being seen as glamorous to harmful, is key.Drowning needs to be recognized as a serious public health issue to receive more attention and resources.<\/li>\n
      2. Provide Safe Spaces<\/strong>: Following Bangladesh’s example, create safe play areas, install barricades, and put up signage around water bodies.<\/li>\n
      3. Promote Swimming Lessons<\/strong>: Swimming education, like in West Bengal\u2019s Sundarbans, can save children from drowning in controlled environments.<\/li>\n
      4. Accurate Data Collection<\/strong>: Improve data reporting on drowning deaths, including flooding incidents.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Discuss the scale of the drowning problem in India and the measures that can be taken to prevent it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Source: The post drowning is a major issue in India has been created, based on the article \u201cWhy does drowning not figure as a health crisis in India?\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 13th August 2024 UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 2- Governance-Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector\/Services relating to Health Context:… Continue reading Drowning is a major issue in India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[300,212,10498],"class_list":["post-310156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}