Tanzania: Drowning Causes 3,000 Deaths Annually

Every year some 3,000 people die in various water bodies in the country-a figure that must be addressed to prevent the avoidable deaths.

Making the revelation in Dar es Salaam over the weekend, Environmental Management and Economic Development Organization (EMEDO) Executive Director, Editrudith Lukanga further said the government must be supported by every stakeholder right into the grassroots in efforts to reverse this.

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