We're hiring a Program Manager for Pakistan!

We published our 2023 Annual Review!
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Globally, lead toxicity kills 1.6 million/year, most in lower income countries.

Acting on this is one of the world’s best buys for both health and education.

By eliminating lead in consumer goods like house paint, spices and cosmetics, we can pave the way for a #LeadFreeFuture .

We are still accepting applications for Program Managers!
Curious what it’s like to be a PM at LEEP? Check out this video to watch LEEP Program Managers Bal Dhital and Nafisatou Cissé discuss the day-to-day, the challenges, and the rewards of the role. youtube.com/watch?v=2EGVCv…

We're hiring! Come work with us!!

New research by LEEP and the Malawi Bureau of Standards has found a significant decrease in lead paint levels in Malawi.

The estimated market share of brands selling lead paint for home use has reduced from approximately 67% in 2021 to 24% in 2023.

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One in three children has lead poisoning and it's totally preventable —

Thanks Robert Wiblin for having me on the pod to talk about this and our work at Lead Exposure Elimination Project!

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“Lead poisoning constitutes a global health crisis that has been 'extraordinarily neglected' by donors and political leaders”

Great piece by Jesse Copelyn on the Center for Global Development Lead Working Group final statement

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Today Center for Global Development releases the final statement of our Working Group on Lead Poisoning, signed by 26 leading experts and practitioners.

In it, we call on world leaders to end childhood lead poisoning by 2040--and outline why it matters and how it can happen.

cgdev.org/publication/ca…

This week I'm interviewing Lucia Coulter, co-Founder of the Lead Exposure Elimination Project, which has had amazing success getting lead out of paint in the developing world.

What should I ask her?

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Nafisatou Cissé, LEEP Program Manager and Team Leader, writes that bringing awareness and resources to global lead poisoning at a level commensurate with the problem’s scale would result in hundreds of millions of children living healthier, happier lives.

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Lead poisoning is one of the most neglected health challenges in the world today. It is ~1% of the global burden of disease, but we collectively spend <$10M per year to address it.

We are proud to support the work of Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow Lucia Coulter to create a…

New study out today - lead paint in Pakistan

Last week, Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellows –– extraordinary mid-career individuals with ideas to leverage technology thoughtfully to solve important societal challenges –– met in D.C. to highlight their recent work and brainstorm big ideas for solving hard problems at scale.

So exciting to be included in Vox's #FuturePerfect50 . I really admire so many of the people featured and their amazing work to make the world better!

Really exciting progress in Madagascar. The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, and Rila Rakotomanana in particular, has been doing an incredible job on this project, glad that LEEP could support them!

A wonderful article in TIME about the effective altruism movement and super exciting that LEEP got a mention!