Toolkit to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
To support country-led efforts in low- and middle-income countries, a toolkit is being developed to address lead sources and exposure. This toolkit will focus on building national capacity for action. The toolkit will comprise of documents drawn from existing resources and expertise. The documents will include case studies, links to global guidance and other resources relevant to the action area. Some tools may also be accompanied by an expert video.
The toolkit should not be interpreted as definitive. It will be revised on a rolling basis as new information becomes available. Suggestions and comments are welcome and may be sent to [email protected]. Target audiences for this toolkit include staff of ministries of health and environment, international organizations, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with moderate to no experience of childhood lead poisoning and its sources.
The below table provides an overview of the 12 tools, grouped by the five action areas for national governments to take to end childhood lead poisoning. Each tool will be linked and supported by a dedicated resource webpage as they are developed.
Action areas | Tools |
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1. Assess childhood lead exposure and its sources | 1. Understanding the levels of childhood lead poisoning and its sources |
2. Collecting data on the levels of childhood lead poisoning | |
3. Assessing Environmental Lead (Pb) Exposure in Resource-Constrained Settings | |
2. Act decisively across sectors | 4. Developing a country-specific strategy to address lead poisoning |
5. Clear Communication in the Fight Against Childhood Lead Poisoning | |
3. Develop capacities to protect children | 6. Health systems capacity |
7. Lead surveillance system | |
4. Toughen measures to reduce lead in the environment | 8. National Environmental standards, law and regulations |
9. Environmentally sound management of lead | |
10. Environmental protection capacity | |
5. Eliminate the exposures causing lead poisoning | 11. Addressing unsafe and informal recycling |
12. Remediation |