Drowning Prevention
Saving Lives Through Innovation: Survival Swimming and Water Safety Program Transforms Child Safety in Vietnam
Between 2018 and 2025, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, partnered with the Government of Vietnam to implement a World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended survival swimming program that fundamentally transformed national child safety and reduced overall child drowning.
How Strategic Communications Is Combating Vietnam's Silent Drowning Epidemic
Between 2018 and 2025, GHAI assisted the government and local partners to orchestrate a transformative, strategic communications campaign that helped to secure landmark national drowning prevention policies that now protect millions of Vietnamese children. Through innovative media partnerships, evidence-based storytelling and multi-level stakeholder engagement, we transformed awareness into action that changed behaviors, influenced policy and created lasting systems for continued impact.
New Vision, New Needs for Uganda's Drowning Prevention Program
Vietnamese Government Strong Commitment to Reduce Child Drowning
A Decade of Advocacy: Celebrating #10YearsofImpact with GHAI
Empowering Vietnam’s Journalists to Advocate for Drowning Prevention
Training the Next Generation of Drowning Prevention Leaders
Training Journalists to Become Advocates of Drowning Prevention
Reducing Injuries Worldwide
Vietnam Commemorates World Drowning Prevention Day 2024
Sustaining Drowning Prevention Programs in Vietnam
Dedicated Drowning Prevention Champion in Vietnam: Le Chi Hung
Drowning Prevention Efforts in Bangladesh During Eid
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The Future of Global Health Advocacy
Read more about our event, “The Future of Global Health Advocacy" that was held alongside the UN General Assembly last month. The event featured global health experts to discuss why strong policies and public investment in health systems are essential to improving health at scale.
The Power of Advocacy: A Conversation with Lucy Martinez Sullivan
On February 2, 2022, GHAI hosted the first episode of Advocacy in Action— our newest series of conversations taking listeners behind the scenes of campaigns that save lives— via Twitter Spaces. Mena El-Turky introduced the conversation between GHAI Communications Director Jennifer Patterson and GHAI’s new Senior Vice President, Lucy Martinez Sullivan, about the power of advocacy.
Government of Vietnam Launches New Effort to Reduce Child Drowning Death
Watch Now: The Global Health Advocacy Incubator Story
On November 4, 2021, GHAI celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and heard from GHAI’s global team and national partners how our mission grew from the successes and lessons learned from the global tobacco control movement — and where we go from here.
Locally Led Advocacy: Opportunities, Challenges and What We’ve Learned Along the Way
On August 31, 2021, GHAI hosted a Twitter Spaces conversation with an exploration of “locally led advocacy” — what it means, why it’s important, how to do it, and how to do it better and addressed a number of questions confronting the global health community.
Public Health Advocacy After the Pandemic
On May 25, 2021, GHAI hosted a conversation about how advocates can advance effective public health policies in a world disrupted by COVID-19—disruptions that underscore the urgency of health advocacy even while making some traditional advocacy activities more difficult. This event was held alongside the 74th World Health Assembly.
Vietnam Drowning Prevention Program 2020: Year in Review
GHAI Hosts Virtual Event During UNGA on Advocacy for Country Ownership
On September 22, 2020, during the 75th U.N. General Assembly, GHAI convened representatives from across government, civil society and philanthropy to discuss the journey to health program sustainability and explored how international donors and local leadership can work together to plan, design and advocate for public health initiatives for sustainability from the beginning.
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