Occupational health can mean many different things, but fundamentally it is concerned with
the effect of work on health and the effect of health on the capacity for work. Many disciplines …

Occupational health should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of
physical, mental, and social wellbeing of workers in all occupations; the prevention among …

(ILO) estimates that every year there are some 125 million work-related accidents, 220 000
of them fatal. According to WHO, 160 million new cases of occupational disease are caused …

The goal of this manual is to create a category of health personnel that is well oriented in
occupational health practice in order to fill the gap in occupational health personnel and in …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the work of the World Health Organization
(WHO) in occupational health. There are four important points regarding the world situation …

A comprehensive approach to the health problems of workers and the gainfully employed
should be adopted when occupational health services are planned in developing countries …

The paper argues for a “new generation” approach to occupational health, laying
foundations for future demands. Occupational health deals with issues which are at the heart …

The improvement of the health of workers can be achieved only through systematic and long-
lasting efforts. This includes participation in the planning of new workplaces, evaluation of …