Afghanistan
In Afghanistan , PLF partners are working to end childhood lead poisoning by 2040.
Current estimates
96
%
Proportion of children with blood lead levels > 5micro-g/dL (<20 years)
Source:
Global Burden of Disease
19,624,600
Number of children with bll > 5 ug/dL
4
Intellectual Loss
35
%
Proportion of children with blood lead levels > 10micro-g/dL (<20 years)
Source:
Global Burden of Disease
7,170,460
Number of children with bll > 10 ug/dL
Studies
| Title Sort descending | Country | Link to Abstract | Region/City | Sample Size | Adult or Child | Sex | Background or Elevated Exposure Group | Arithmetic Mean (µg/dL) | SD (µg/dL) | Geometric Mean (µg/dL) | GSD (µg/dL) | Median (µg/dL) | IQR Low (µg/dL) | IQR High (µg/dL) | Subject Age | Type of Blood Draw | Analysis Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Your Donation Platform Should Fund Your Mission, Not Your Vendor | Afghanistan, Africa, Africa Eastern and Southern, Africa Western and Central | /events-and-resources/stories/we-no-longer-use-torches-deliver-babies | Automation City | 21 | Child | Male | Background | 16 | Venous | test |