Lead Exposure Action Fund Grant
organisation
An organisation based in United States
In context
This call is open to non-profits, registered charities and social enterprises and 3 others. Funding is a grant. Coverage is read from the notice itself: any country and Global-South. The funder accepts early-stage applicants.
This grant funds efforts to eliminate lead paint and reduce lead exposure, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Eligible applicants can pursue interventions that accelerate progress toward a lead-free world through paint elimination and exposure reduction.
About this grant
The Lead Exposure Action Fund (LEAF), run by the funder, supports work to accelerate progress toward a world free of lead exposure. The fund addresses what it describes as a neglected public health crisis: lead lowers children's IQ, worsens learning outcomes, and causes long-term health and economic losses, with up to 800 million children estimated to have blood lead levels that would trigger medical concern in high-income countries. Funding for lead is a small fraction of what goes to comparable global health challenges such as malaria or tuberculosis. …
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- Who can apply for Lead Exposure Action Fund?
- Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL, GLOBAL-SOUTH; nonprofit, charity, social-enterprise, research-institution, local-authority, community-group. The full eligibility conditions are part of the Pro detail.
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