World Drowning Prevention Day

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  • More than 1,025 drowned, up 1.4% year on year 2025-07-25 14:32

    More than 1,025 drowned, up 1.4% year on year

    TEHRAN – Over the past Iranian year, March 2024 – March 2025, a total of 1,026 individuals lost their lives from drowning, indicating a 1.4 percent increase compared to a year earlier.

  • غرق شدگی 2024-07-27 16:47

    Drowning increases since mid-March yr/yr

    TEHRAN – The number of persons drowned since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19) has increased by 15 percent compared to the same period in the previous year.

  • Drowning – a neglected public health issue 2024-07-24 15:52

    By Mehdi Garshasbi

    Drowning – a neglected public health issue

    TEHRAN - World Drowning Prevention Day, declared in April 2021, is held annually on 25 July. Every year, an estimated 236,000 people drown, making drowning a major public health problem worldwide.