Welcome to the WHWB Blog
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WHWB Annual Meeting – November 16th, 2026
WHWB 2026 ANNUAL MEETING Hello, Workplace Health Without Borders members. Please see the notice below about our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on November 16, 2026 at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (16:00 UTC). The meeting will be on Zoom. Click here to register for the AGM. Please note that you must be a member to
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Assessing Heat Stress
Accessing Heat Stress Please join Workplace Health Without Borders for a webinar with Dr. Ross Di Corleto Assessing Heat StressSeptember 22, 20267:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)11:00 UTC/GMT 9:00 p.m. AEST REGISTER HERE Check your local time here Meet Our Speaker: Dr. Ross Di Corleto Dr. Ross Di Corleto is an occupational health and hygiene specialist with
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Embracing and Owning Mental Health as an Invisible Disability in our Workplaces
Embracing and Owning Mental Health as an Invisible Disability in our Workplaces Hello everyone. We want to remind you about our Workplace Health Without Borders webinar tomorrow with Dr. Sefakor Komabu-Pomeyie. If you registered already, we will re-send the confirmation notice a few hours before the webinar. We look forward to seeing you! Embracing and Owning Mental
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Honouring Global Asbestos Activist Éric Jonckheere of Belgium
Honouring Global Asbestos Activist Éric Jonckheere of Belgium Please Join Workplace Health Without Borders as part of the WHWB Saeed Awan Lecture Series: Honouring Global Asbestos ActivistÉric Jonckheere of Belgium September 29, 20268:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 12:00 UTC | 2:00 p.m. CEST REGISTER HERE Check your local time here Presenter information will be announced soon! Background on Éric
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Research reports from graduate students at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
Research reports from graduate students at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health Thanks very much to Garrett Brown and students in his course at the University of California Berkeley for their reports on global occupational health. Garrett writes: “I am pleased to send you the latest research papers on key occupational health and safety issues
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GOSH Coalition calls on WHO
GOSH Coalition calls on WHO GOSH Coalition calls on WHO to make occupational health and priority The Global Occupational Safety and Health (GOSH) Coalition, which includes WHWB, has called on the World Health Organization to make occupational health a priority, and reverse a disturbing trend of backing away from worker safety. Please see this
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Engineered (Artificial) Stone An Unacceptable Hazard! – March 30, 2026
Engineered (Artificial) Stone An Unacceptable Hazard! Please join our free webinar: Engineered (Artificial) StoneAn Unacceptable Hazard!Monday, March 30, 5:00 p.m. EDT; 9:00 p.m. GMT,Tuesday, March 31, 8:00 a.m. AEDT Workers in many countries are getting seriously ill from working with engineered (artificial) stone. In response, Australia banned engineered stone countertops with more than 1% crystalline silica. Join our
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Webinar on Global Advocacy for OHS – June 11, 11 a.m. EDT
For the past year, WHWB has been an active member of the Global Occupational Safety and Health (GOSH) Coalition, a group of key health and safety organizations formed to advocate for more recognition of OHS as a global priority. This is more crucial than ever, in view of cuts to financial support for OHS. GOSH
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Health and Safet Workplace Heat Stress Part 1: Towards an Understanding of Worker Health, Safety and Productivity in Hot Environments
Workplace Heat Stress Part 1: Towards an Understanding of Worker Health, Safety and Productivity in Hot Environments Please join Workplace Health Without Borders for our webinar on Workplace Heat StressPart 1: Towards an Understanding of Worker Health, Safety and Productivity in Hot Environments May 27, 202510:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)14:00 UTC 2:00 p.m. GMT
Health and Safety as a Fundamental Principle and Right at Work
Health and Safety as a Fundamental Principle and Right at Work Please join Workplace Health Without Borders for our webinar on Health and Safety as a Fundamental Principle and Right at Work December 4, 202410:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)15:00 UTC 3:00 p.m. GMT Featured Speaker:Joaquim Pintado Nunes Chief, Occupational Safety and
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