Cooperative Agreement on Occupational Health with the World Health Organization

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• Personal Author:
  Ivanov ID ; Pega F
• Description:
  This cooperative agreement (2017-2020) contributed to leveraging global action by the World Health Organization (WHO) on occupational health through strengthening countries' capacities to formulate policies and action plans for healthier and safer workplaces, enhancing the protection of health and safety of health workers and emergency responders, developing strategies for addressing occupational health of migrant workers and workers in the informal economy and measuring the health impacts of occupational risk factors. With support under this agreement WHO was able to: provide support to countries for developing their national policies and action plans for promoting health and safety at work for all workers and national programmes for occupational health of health workers; elaborate training materials for integrating working life in the delivery of primary health care services and for the protection of health and safety of health workers and emergency responders; establish global strategies and develop plans of action for scaling up the efforts for healthier and safer workplaces for disadvantaged groups of workers, such as migrant workers and informal economy workers; develop methodologies for measuring and monitoring the health impacts of prioritized occupational risk factors based on robust scientific evidence and producing estimates of work-related burden of disease for 195 countries, disaggregated by sex and age group. In addition, the agreement enabled WHO to integrate occupational health and safety into the broader global agenda for public health and to build partnerships with the various actors in the world of work, such as labour agencies and organizations of workers and employers. WHO's capacities for protecting health and safety of health workers, and emergency responders and other workers have been significantly strengthened. These capacities were essential for issuing recommendations and supporting countries in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO studies, data and estimates on health impacts of occupational risk factors, including among to the most disadvantaged workers, have given new impetus for global action on protecting and promoting health and safety in the world of work. They enabled countries to develop national policies and strategies for improving the protection of health and safety at work. As a result of this work, the heads of states and governments committed at the United National General Assembly to scale up efforts for healthier and safer workplaces for all workers, to expand the provision of occupational health services as part of universal health coverage (including disadvantaged workers), to protect health and safety of health workers and to work with the private sector for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergency Responders Health Personnel Health Promotion Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Disease Prevention Emergency Responders Health Care Workers Health Promotion Occupational Safety And Health Policy Public Health Training Worker Health
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-24
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20061874
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2022-100390
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, E11-OH-010461, 2020 Dec; :1-24
• Contact Point Address:
  Ivan D. Ivanov, MD, MPH, PhD, Head, Occupational and Workplace Health, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland
• Email:
  ivanovi@who.int
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Performing Organization:
  World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20170901
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  20200831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:977c1e0478463f8d1e91a562a5556ac216aedcd2d7d4fa9fab36531d0084d6f8076b984445c9f8bdf5c2b300f07efd8f0a5284947f72543dd8365da0dda7ccff
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/219041/cdc_219041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 222.02 KB ]