Prevention Key to Stopping Nigerian Children Dying of Lead Poisoning

Publisher:
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Publication Date:
9 February 2022
Tags:
Children and Youth, Health and Medicine, Human Rights, International Organizations and Africa, Mining

Benjamin Mwangombe, MSF project coordinator, explains what is lead poisoning, its effect, as well as the project Safer mining, the work of prevention and the involvement of everyone from village chiefs to traditional leaders, state authorities and legislators...

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