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7 steps to end drowning.

 

“If you set sights high and you stick with it, you can make real progress.”  Dr. Paul Farmer

Dr. Paul Farmer is a medical anthropologist and physician.  He is a founding director of Partners in Health (PIH), an international non-profit…

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Added by Rebecca Wear Robinson on October 3, 2012 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Drowning, the Silent Epidemic

From the Washington Post, By Editorial Board:
 

IN AN AGE of ethnic conflict, fatal disease and chronic malnutrition, it seems strange to stumble across figures such as this: 388,000 people die every year from drowning, according to the World…

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Added by DAP News on July 14, 2012 at 8:00am — No Comments

Programs that work.

Measurable results.  Sustainable results.  Analysis.  Cost-benefit analysis.

These aren’t just buzzwords.  These are the criteria that all drowning prevention programs should be measured against.

I was thrilled to read the…

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Added by Rebecca Wear Robinson on May 23, 2012 at 2:53pm — No Comments

Death.

Death intruded into my life twice last week.  Shockingly.  Wrenchingly.  Unexpectedly.

 

All deaths are not equal.  The impact is not equal.  As I grieve the loss of a family member, someone I have known my whole life, I have a visceral feeling that part of my…

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Added by Rebecca Wear Robinson on September 28, 2011 at 9:59am — 2 Comments

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Newsweek Article

Read the Newsweek article featuring The Diversity in Aquatics Program and several of its members.

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