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Fixing Pollution: A Winning Formula for Health and Wealth

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Pollution is one of the biggest development challenges facing us today. In 2015, more than 9 million premature deaths were caused by pollution, according to the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health. Learn more from the Commissioners of the Lancet’s new report and join an engaging conversation on what is being done to address the health effects of pollution, including by the World Bank.

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Jim Yong Kim

Former President, World Bank Group

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Caroline Heider

Director General and Senior Vice President, Evaluation, World Bank Group

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Olusoji Adeyi

Director, Health, Nutrition and Population, World Bank Group

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Richard Fuller

President, Pure Earth and Co-Chair of The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
Karin Kemper

Global Director, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice, Environment

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Lemmy Chibwe Kapinka

Team Leader, Information Technology Client Support Services, World Bank Group
Karen Mathiasen

Senior Advisor in the Office of the US Executive Director, World Bank Group
Philip J. Landrigan

M.D., Dean for Global Health, Arnhold Institute for Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, and Co-Chair of The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health