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How cost-effective are LEEP’s paint programs?
LEEP developed its first cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) in 2021, in which we estimated the expected cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY)-equivalent averted of implementing our first paint program. As LEEP has expanded its programming over the past few...
Testing spices for lead content in Türkiye and Ethiopia
Summary: LEEP conducted studies to determine the lead content of spices in Türkiye and Ethiopia Spices are a commonly adulterated food product and studies have previously demonstrated the addition of lead chromate pigments in some spice supply chains Results from two...
2023 in Review
Introduction from LEEP’s Co-Executive Directors 2023 has been a year of progress, learning, and growth, all towards our founding goal of improving the health, wellbeing, and potential of children around the world. As we’ve expanded our paint programs, which aim...
New study and industry workshop in Senegal
The Senegalese Ministry of Health, through the Poison Control Centre (PCC), and LEEP recently conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints on the market in Senegal. Results showed that 10 out of 35 (29%) samples of paint for home use, obtained in Dakar,...
Malawi follow-up study results
Summary LEEP and the Malawi Bureau of Standards conducted a new study to assess recent changes in lead paint levels in Malawi. Taking into account estimated market share data, the results suggest that the market share of brands selling lead paint for home use has...
Lead paint workshop in Angola following new study results
Summary: Instituto Nacional de Gestão Ambiental (INGA), EcoAngola and LEEP recently conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints in Angola. Results showed that 18 out of 43 (42%) samples of solvent-based paint and 2 out of 7 (29%) samples of water-based...
Progress on lead paint in Pakistan
Summary: Lead poisoning from paint and other sources affects approximately 47 million children in Pakistan. 40% of oil-based paints for residential use tested by LEEP and Aga Khan University in Pakistan contained dangerous and illegal levels of lead. LEEP is working...
Our Year in Review
Introduction from LEEP’s Co-Executive Directors LEEP was founded on an ambitious goal: to improve the health, wellbeing, and potential of as many children as possible. This goal has always been grounded by the belief that progress is possible if we are committed to...
New published study: Lead levels of new solvent-based household paints in Zimbabwe and Botswana
Summary: a new journal article presents the results of LEEP’s paint studies in Zimbabwe and Botswana, conducted in collaboration with academics from the Paediatric Association of Zimbabwe and University of Zimbabwe.
Testing paint for lead content in Sierra Leone
Summary: LEEP and the Environment Protection Agency of Sierra Leone (EPA-SL) recently conducted a study to determine the lead content of paints in Sierra Leone. Results showed that 9 out of 19 (47%) samples of solvent-based paint for home use, obtained in Freetown,...
How Much Economic Productivity Does Lead Exposure Cost the World?
Lead exposure harms children’s wellbeing via three main pathways: (1) by damaging major organ systems, reducing their physical wellbeing; (2) by causing brain damage in particular, inducing mental health problems and behavioral disorders and thus reducing their mental...
Testing paint for lead content: study results in Madagascar
In June 2021, the Madagascar Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health, the National Center for Environmental Research and LEEP conducted a paint testing study to determine the lead content of paints...
Sources of Lead Exposure in LMICs
Although LEEP currently focuses on lead paint, we recognize that other sources may also be promising to address. We plan to explore effective interventions to reduce lead exposure from other sources over the coming year.
Lead Paint Project in Madagascar: an Interview with LEEP Partner Rila Rakotomanana
We interviewed our partner Rila Albani Rakotomanana, from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) in Madagascar. Find out about how LEEP has supported Madagascar and what it is like to work in government on an issue like lead paint.
How Cost-Effective Is LEEP’s Malawi Program?
In 2020, LEEP set out to eliminate the market availability of lead paint in Malawi. We found evidence of high levels of lead in market-available paint and presented the results to the Malawi Bureau of Standards, who then committed to enforcing lead paint regulation....
LEEP’s First Year in Review
Introduction from LEEP's co-founders Around 1 in 3 children have lead poisoning globally and lead in paint is a major source of this exposure (UNICEF). Yet, lead is an unnecessary ingredient in paint, and regulations can successfully prevent its production (WHO &...
Study Results: Malawi and Botswana
As part of our initial activities, LEEP analyses the lead content of solvent-based paint available on the market in countries without data on the current prevalence of lead paint. The purpose is to determine whether there is lead in household paint currently being...
Introducing LEEP: Lead Exposure Elimination Project
We are excited to announce the launch of Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP), a new EA organisation incubated by Charity Entrepreneurship. Our mission is to reduce lead poisoning, which causes significant disease burden worldwide. We aim to achieve this by...