What Pediatricians can do to Protect Children from Lead

Lead is poisoning around one in three children globally on a massive and previously unrecognized scale. Lead poisoning is a major contributor to intellectual disability among children in low- and middle-income countries and is a public health hazard in every region of the world, contributing to disease burden, disability and death. 

The International Pediatric Association (IPA) hosts a webinar to help answer the question, "What pediatricians can do to protect children lead?"

Speakers: 

• Dr. Ramesh Bajania, Vitrag Children Hospital in Dhrangadhra, India
• Abheet Solomon, UNICEF

Moderators:

• Dr. Ruth Etzel, International Paediatric Association
• Dr. David Githanga, Kenya Paediatric Association