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Target 8.8 of Goal 8 has made occupational safety and health a sustainable development priority. It calls for concerted action: “protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular, women migrants, and those in precarious employment”.
17 wrz 2021 · Occupational injuries caused 19 per cent of deaths (360,000 deaths). The study considers 19 occupational risk factors, including exposure to long working hours and workplace exposure to air pollution, asthmagens, carcinogens, ergonomic risk factors, and noise.
21 lut 2022 · The World Health Organization (WHO) and The International Labour Organization (ILO) have published a new guide on developing and implementing stronger occupational health and safety programmes for health workers, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to exert great pressure on them.
A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work. Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health 2024-2030 and plan of action for its implementation. National Occupational Safety and Health Frameworks.
26 kwi 2024 · Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate: a global report found that global occupational safety and health (OSH) protections have struggled to keep up with the evolving risks from climate change, resulting in worker mortality and morbidity.
16 kwi 2024 · The impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, analyses the detrimental and long-lasting impact that climate change is having on the occupational safety and health (OSH) of billions of workers around the world.
The WHO/ILO Joint Estimates quantify the population exposed to occupational risk factors and amount health loss caused by these exposures. Global, regional and national estimates are produced of the numbers of deaths and disability-adjusted life years that can be attributed to exposure to selected occupational risk factors.
