Australia's spike in summer drownings: what the media misses
- Written by Medhavi Gupta, PhD Candidate, George Institute for Global Health
Media reports tend to focus on people who drown at the beach. But almost as many people drown in rivers and lakes. Where are the safety messages for them?from www.shutterstock.com
You’d be hard pressed to have missed the news that there’s been a big spike in the number of drowning deaths this summer – up about 50% since last year....
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