New WHO occupational health website
January 6, 2005
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations specialised agency for health, has launched a new occupational health website, available in English, French and Spanish.
WHO says that workplace fatalities, injuries and illnesses remain at unacceptably high levels and involve an enormous and unnecessary health burden, suffering, and economic loss amounting to between 4 and 5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
According to the latest estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the year 2000, there are two million work-related deaths per year.
WHO estimates that only 10 to 15% of workers have access to a basic standard of occupational health services.
WHO is implementing a global strategy to:
- provide evidence for policy, legislation and support to decision-makers, including work to estimate the magnitude of the burden of occupational diseases and injuries
- provide infrastructure support and development through capacity building, information dissemination and networking
- support the protection and promotion of workers’ health.
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