Dear Stewart,
Bangladesh has a lot of experience on the prevention of drowning in young children. icddr,B has done extensive studies on the making and use of simple playpens. These could be introduced alongside the awareness campaigns.
Best wishes
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Mason is former Director of the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (MCA) in WHO. She is interested in how to provide quality health services for women and children, and how to extend the health system into the community. She spent 24 years living and working in Zimbabwe, and worked across many countries of the African Region. She is a member of the Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, EWEC, which reports on progress towards the UNSG Global Strategy for Woman, Children and Adolescents. elizabethmason108 AT gmail.com