Plenary - Pulling on the same oars together—we can make a difference Author: Michael Linnan

1. Dr Michael Linnan Technical Director, The Alliance for Safe Children [email_address] www.tasc-gcipf.org

5. It’s not pools, it’s not beaches, and there is no association with alcohol use – it’s 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

16. more than malaria

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 shouldn’t they know how to swim?

35. If this is how they go to the store, shouldn’t they know how to swim?

36. If this is their backyard, shouldn’t they know how to swim?

37. If they play here, shouldn’t they know how to swim?

38. If they live on a boat shouldn’t they know how to swim?

39. Alone or together, shouldn’t 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