Which United Nations entity published the very first global report on drowning in 2014?

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. It was founded in 1948, as an agency of the United Nations that connects nations, partners, and people to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable- so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health.

According to the World Health Organization, in 2019, an estimated 236,000 people died from drowning. This estimate may be significantly underestimated however due to differential classification systems. Examples include the categorization methods excluding intentional downing deaths due to a suicide or homicide and drowning deaths caused by flood disasters and water transport incidents.

Drowning is a process of experiencing respiratory impairment from subversion/immersion in liquid.

Beginning in 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) released the ‘Global report on drowning’. It was the first time the WHO had developed a report dedicated exclusively to drowning. Three years later the WHO released ‘Preventing drowning: an implementation guide. The publication built on the ‘Global report on drowning’.