Lead-acid batteries contain several kilogrammes of lead, a potent neurotoxin estimated to affect 24m children in DRC.
![Experts say the unsafe repair of lead-acid batteries is likely to be a leading source of lead poisoning in Kinshasa [Lisa Murray/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC09430.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Lead-acid batteries contain several kilogrammes of lead, a potent neurotoxin estimated to affect 24m children in DRC.
![Experts say the unsafe repair of lead-acid batteries is likely to be a leading source of lead poisoning in Kinshasa [Lisa Murray/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/DSC09430.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Since the start of 2019, measles epidemic has infected more than 341,000 people and killed some 6,400 in the DRC.
![DR Congo Measles [Lisa Murray/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dfce94ea3a7543b4acf517201bc27966_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)