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06/11/2006 Ensemble contre l'habitat indigne

Depuis 2003, 4 colloques ont été organisés sur les thématiques de l'habitat indigne et du saturnisme au niveau national ou international. Ces colloques réunissant de nombreux acteurs ont permis d'amorcer une réflexion sur la problématique.

Recruitment

Urbaniste ou architecte (Bénévole) Médecins du Monde recherche, pour sa mission chargée de la prévention du saturnisme infantile, un urbaniste et/ou architecte chargé d’aider à l’identification des immeubles insalubres.

Mission Lead poisoning

CHIFFRES

Beneficiaries : 1,693 children (under 15s) were seen in healthcare centres in 2005
Main conditions : ENT, pneumology, lead poisoning, serious illnesses requiring long periods of hospitalisation
Sources of funding : Local health authorities, CPAM (health insurance office), department councils, etc

Lead poisoning
Number of children affected: 85,000 poisoned, of which only 5% screened (Inserm (national medical research institute) figures 1999)
Number of projects: 2
Number of volunteers: 21
Lead poisoning partners: Association of lead poisoningaffected families, Pact Arim, local health authorities, local hygiene services, MCW, doctors, hospitals, etc

As well as paediatric monitoring in healthcare centres, Médecins du Monde has initiated projects to fight against lead poisoning, aimed at locating and protecting children from this.

Lead poisoning



Activities :

Lead poisoning: lead poisoning affects the central nervous system. The consequences are irreversible and there is no treatment. Young girls who are poisoned pass the lead on to their babies twenty years later. MdM's work involves locating unhealthy housing so that families are warned and informed and affected children are protected. Child screening and protection activities are carried out in connection with state services, health workers, MCW, paediatricians, school doctors and local hygiene services. MdM is calling for a voluntarist policy to fight against child lead poisoning.

Types of work :

Lead poisoning project: seven towns in Hauts-de-Seine, Poitiers. Locating, screening, protecting children, involvement of institutions
and medical staff.

Outlook :

Lead poisoning: Despite withdrawing at the end of 2004, Mission France in Bordeaux is staying in contact with the families monitored for four years. MdM's Suburbs project wants to consolidate its network so that the fight against child lead poisoning can continue without MdM, who will then be able to work in other towns around Paris. The Poitiers team is continuing its work.

October 2006