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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...