ArticleEnvironmental health : a global access science source2018
Occupational health: a world of false promises.
Article in Environmental health : a global access science source, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Factors associated with occupational injuries among bricklayers and carpenters in Building Construction: insights from a mixed methods study in Osun State, Nigeria.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Mid-life employment trajectories and subsequent memory function and rate of decline in rural South Africa, 2000-22.International journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Occupational Health Barriers in South Africa: A Call for Ubuntu.Annals of global health · 2024Article
- Systematizing Information Use to Address Determinants of Health Worker Health in South Africa: A Cross-sectional Mixed Method Study.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
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- Respiratory functions and health risk assessment in inhalational exposure to vinyl acetate in the process of carpet manufacturing using Monte Carlo simulations.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2023Article
- Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Less Economically Developed Countries Need Help to Create Healthy Workplaces.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
The response of the World Health Organization (WHO) to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2015 demonstrated that the global health system is unprepared to address what should be its primary mission, control of disease epidemics while protecting health workers. Critics blamed WHO politics and its rigid culture for the poor response to the epidemic. We find that United Nations agencies, WHO and the International Labor Organization (ILO), are faced with the global problem of inadequate worker protections and a growing crisis in occupational health. The WHO and ILO are given monumental tasks but only trivial budgets, and funding trends show UN agency dependence on private donations which are far larger than funds contributed by member states. The WHO and ILO have limited capacity to make the necessary changes occupational health and safety demand. The UN could strengthen the national and global civil society voice in WHO and ILO structures, and by keeping conflict of interest out of policy decisions, ensure greater freedom to operate without interference.
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