During this week’s U.N. General Assembly, Open Philanthropy joined the U.S. government and other organizations in launching a new partnership to tackle an often neglected health issue that affects millions globally, particularly children.
Lead poisoning kills over 1.5 million people globally every year — more than the combined deaths from HIV and malaria. Yet it doesn’t attract significant attention and funding. Despite the scale of the problem, it only attracts just $15 million in international funding each year.
But this is changing.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
