Launch of the WHO Guideline for Clinical Management of Exposure to Lead

Exposure to lead is a significant public health concern estimated to account for almost 1 million deaths per year from long-term health impacts. Children are particularly vulnerable to lead exposure  which can cause lasting developmental intellectual disability. Health-care providers, in particular clinicians, family doctors, community health nurses, paediatricians, obstetricians and midwives, need  to have up-to-date evidence-based guidance on identifying the risk factors for lead exposure and the prevention, diagnosis and management of lead poisoning. The release of the WHO Guideline for  Clinical Management of Exposure to Lead will assist physicians in making decisions about the diagnosis and treatment of lead exposure for individual patients and in mass poisoning incidents. 

Join us to learn more about the new guideline, and to have an opportunity to have your questions  about the management of exposure to lead answered.