The Saeed Awan Lecture “Immersive Occupational Health: An innovative approach to reaching rural workers” Presented by: Dua Awan and Abdul Rehman Alvi, M.D On ZoomOctober 26, 20239:00 a.m. EDT, 13:00 UTC, 18:00 Lahore (Pakistan) Workers in traditional rural industries and international supply chains seldom receive much occupational health attention. Saeed Awan took this as a
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Do you want a mentor? We all can benefit from having a mentor at some stage of our career, whether we are a young person just beginning our career, or a grizzled veteran embarking on a different aspect of a field like OHS, that we may have been have been involved in for years. The
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Essential, but Treated as Expendable Farmworkers are vital to climate justice. One of the pressing elements of climate change is the question of who is most at risk. Farmworkers are clearly among those who are paying the heaviest price for record-breaking heat. Their labors are essential for a steady food supply, while their health is
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Black Lung Resurgence in Appalachia David Goldsmith has just drawn our attention to an article from Kaiser Health News on coal worker’s pneumoconiosis arising from high silica exposures among coal miners in central Appalachia. “I just became aware of this alarming article about CWP and high silica exposures in today’s US coal mines. Please share
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WHWB’s Health Care group will offer an online course on Noise in the Workplace, beginning in February. This course is intended for professionals (e.g. physicians, nurses, health and safety specialists) who deal with worker exposure to noise. Residents of Low and Middle Income Countries may apply for a scholarship to take this course at no
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In addition to wishing you a happy new year, we want to let you know about three WHWB members who were recently honoured for their dedication to occupational health. Simon Smith received the Award of Merit from the Canadian Standards Association, in recognition of his vast expertise and commitment to developing standards for respiratory protection.
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We have added an events calendar to the website as a convenience to our visitors. You will find a link to this calendar under the About Us menu in the header above or listed in the site footer at the bottom of the page. In the calendar you will find references to our upcoming events.
WHWB has added a new committee and project. The Nail Salon Workers Network is a group of salon workers and occupational health professionals concerned about the health hazards faced by nail salon workers. This committee is presently co-chaired by Anne Rochon Ford and Cate Ahrens. More details can be found here. If you are interested
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Join WHWB-Australia We are inviting people to join our organization and lend their expertise, enthusiasm and time to fundraising and developing projects to help prevent occupational illness worldwide. Anyone studying, working or interested in occupational health, safety and hygiene is welcome to join.
On June 10, 2022, following several years of preparation, the principle of a safe and healthy working environment was added to the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. (The other core principles are: freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory
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