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Lead may be linked to high blood pressure, strokes and heart attack as well as kidney disease

How Urban Environment Exposes You to Lead Poisoning

August 29, 2026

Contrary to conventional belief that urbanisation presents better prospects in life, the opposite could be the case when it comes to health matters. 1). Urban dwellers stand a higher chance of being exposed to deadly emissions like carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide 2). Concentrating motor vehicles and factories in towns while clearing forests…

Though the data used to compile the index was gathered before the COVID-19 pandemic and uses the latest available data to enable global comparability, the index, while setting a baseline to build upon as the world recovers from the impacts of COVID-19, does not take into account the pandemic’s impact.

New Global Study Ranks Countries on Youth Development

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021

By Abdi Ali Published August 13, 2021 A new survey that looks at the status of people aged 15 – 29 years around the world shows that sub-Saharan Africa has made the greatest strides in improving the health of the youth between 2010 and 2018. The 2020 Global Youth Development Index by Commonwealth Secretariat that…