380 Effect of an integrated child drowning prevention intervention on ECD and learning

<h3>Background</h3> Drowning causes a higher number of child deaths in Bangladesh due to a lack of supervision. The absence of ECD provision exposes rural children to a high degree of adverse experiences during the critical period in childhood. The Anchal, a drowning prevention intervention under the project Bhasa aims to prevent child drowning and enhance ECD outcomes for children 1–5 years in Bangladesh. Though the intervention has proven effective for child drowning prevention, the effect of ECD intervention remains unidentified. <h3>Aims</h3> The objective of the study was to explore the effect of the integrated child drowning prevention intervention on children’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) and learning. <h3>Methods</h3> The study applied Random Control Trial (RCT) where the participants aged 3.5 to…