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| InfoShare Partner: Environmental Health Project (EHP) |
| Publication Date: July 2002 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Child health/survival, Environment and health/population |
| Region: Latin America/Caribbean |
| Language: English |
| File Size: 1.12 MB |
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In 1997, a collaboration was initiated between USAID/Peru and the Peruvian Ministry of Health’s General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA) to implement a program to phase out lead from gasoline.
As part of the program, a blood-lead study was implemented to obtain baseline data to monitor changes in blood lead levels associated with the phase-out. The study conducted by DIGESA among high-risk populations, mainly children and women living in Lima and Callao, showed severe lead contamination in an area near the port of Callao. The findings highlighted a need to look at probable sources of contamination other than leaded gasoline. As a result, DIGESA, EHP and USAID implemented a follow-on phase of the study. The purpose of the Peru Lead Project Phase II was to clearly identify all possible sources of lead exposure and to provide technical assistance and support to DIGESA to manage the problem.
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