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This factsheet reveals the impacts of lead poisoning on early childhood development, why young children are at an increased risk of lead poisoning, and what solutions can be applied at an individual, community, sub-national and national level to prevent childhood exposure to lead.

In 2019, WHO and Ministry of Health staff in 15 countries participated in an initiative that involved training and implementation of country-level sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) policy dialogues. An evaluation of the process and outcomes was subsequently undertaken in six of the countries.

The STREAM clinical trial experience indicated that it is possible to achieve similar treatment outcomes in people with MDR-TB who have a DM co-morbidity. However, this sub-population experienced more SAEs, underscoring the importance of close monitoring to manage their impact and improve MDR-TB treatment outcomes.

China has enacted subnational smoke-free legislations, which requires compliance evaluations to provide data for future implementation planning. This study comprehensively assessed smoke-free regulation compliance in Xining in Western China.

This study sought to examine relationships between NCDs, quality of life and psychosocial wellbeing in the urban community of Ga Mashie, Accra, Ghana.

This study investigated the incidence of mortality by aggression in women who experienced interpersonal violence. The study also aimed to identify whether intimate partner violence (IPV) was associated with the risk of death by aggression.

This brief provides evidence that alcohol industry-sponsored drink-driving media campaigns fail to follow best practices for reducing road traffic crashes.