Child Protection
Assignment 1: A Survey on the Effects of Mercury on the Health of Children; A Quick Survey among Children and Communities Living in and Around Artisanal Gold Mines (AGM) in Shinyanga Region (Kahama TC, Shinyanga Rural and Msalala DC), Funded by Terre des Hommes the Netherlands (Tanzania Office), December 2016 to January 2017.
The primary objective of this research was to collect evidence and inform decision makers (government and mining associations) on the adverse effects of mercury to human health and advocate for better implementation of mercury regulations in the mining sites of Shinyanga rural, Kahama and Msalala districts in northwestern Tanzania.