Our Work

Our close collaboration with CABI and WHO Pakistan has led to the establishment of a national forum for pesticide risk reduction. A number of pesticides have already been identified for banning and we are supporting transitions to safer alternatives and monitoring of poisonings.

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Pakistan news and publications

We supported the establishment of a national poison centre and a national forum that includes toxicologists, pesticide regulators and agricultural researchers and advisors to support moves away from highly hazardous pesticides with a focus on those used most frequently in self-harm.

Bangladesh news and publications

India has one of the highest rates of pesticide suicide in the world and is a priority country for CPSP work.

Our India-based team are working closely with policymakers and research institutes at both central and state level to support pesticide regulation, collect data on pesticide poisoning cases, and measure impact from existing bans.

India news and publications

CPSP has been working in Nepal since 2017. Our initial work aimed to identify the pesticides responsible for the majority of pesticide suicides in Nepal. In 2019, Nepal banned eight pesticides, including two identified by our study. A further two pesticides were banned in 2024.

We are now undertaking data collection to monitor the impact of the bans on health and agriculture. We are also continuing to monitor which pesticides are causing serious poisonings and deaths in Nepal, working in partnership with the Centre for Mental Health and Counselling - Nepal (CMC Nepal).

Nepal news and publications

We work with researchers at Rajarata University and South Asian Clinical Research (SACR) to identify the pesticides that are causing most deaths in the country and support the government in effective regulation.

We also work in affiliation with the NIHR RIGHT4 project on acute poisoning, to identify the pesticides that cause most harm to pesticide sprayers. Both these sets of data were used to support the listing of carbosulfan in the Rotterdam Convention’s Annex 3 in 2025.

Sri Lanka news and publications

Find out more about the NIHR RIGHT4 project on acute poisoning

In partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), we are supporting the development of a country roadmap on pesticide suicides, including the phase out of highly hazardous pesticides.

We have supported the government of Tanzania to identify the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning cases and deaths.

In January 2026, Tanzania banned 18 pesticides. We are now supporting the development of systems for monitoring and reporting.

We have worked with Makerere University School of Public Health to identify cases of pesticide poisoning and review highly hazardous pesticides registered in Uganda.

We are now building on the project’s findings, with the aim of supporting action to remove the most problematic pesticides from agriculture.

We are supporting the government of Zimbabwe to develop and implement a national strategy on highly hazardous pesticides. This includes action on the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning cases and deaths.

We are working with ANVISA – the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency – alongside the State University of Londrina, to assess and improve gaps in data collection systems.

We are also examining the impact of existing pesticide bans on pesticide suicides.

In partnership with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), we are supporting the development of a country roadmap on pesticide suicides, including the phase out of highly hazardous pesticides.

We are working with the University of Cape Town, Division of Environmental Health, and UnPoison to support research, capacity building, and policy engagement on highly hazardous pesticides.

We are working with the Ministry of Health to collect data on pesticide poisoning and identify the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning and deaths.

We have worked with the Ministry of Health to collect data on pesticide poisoning and review existing highly hazardous pesticides registered for use. We are now supporting collaboration between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, to enable action through pesticide bans.

We are collecting data on pesticide poisoning, to identify the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning and deaths.

We are working with both the Ministries of Health and Agriculture, using existing data to identify the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning and deaths.

In partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), we are supporting the development of a country roadmap on pesticide suicides, including the phase out of highly hazardous pesticides.

We are collaborating with the Poison Information Centre to study the impact of national pesticide bans.

We are supporting the government of Eswatini with data collection and regulation of highly hazardous pesticides.

We are working with Addis Ababa University and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute to collect data on the scale of pesticide poisoning and identify the pesticides responsible.

We are working with the Poison Information Centre to collect data on pesticide poisoning.

We are working with the Ministry of Health to collect data on pesticide poisoning and suicides.

We are working with the pesticide control board to identify the most harmful pesticides responsible for poisoning and deaths.

We are collaborating with the national poison centre and national toxicology association to identify the most harmful highly hazardous pesticides and discuss regulatory action with the pesticide registration authority.

We are working with the Ministry of Environment to collect data on pesticide poisoning and identify highly hazardous pesticides registered for use in the country.

We are working with Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa to collect data on pesticide poisoning.

We are collaborating with the Poison Information Centre to study the impact of national pesticide bans.

A national study has identified gaps in suicide and poisoning reporting and several highly hazardous pesticides responsible for the highest proportion of poisonings. Discussions with pesticide regulators and other stakeholders are ongoing.