The Programme of Occupational Health by the World Health Organization (WHO) published a series of occupational health documents entitled Protecting Workers’ Health. This is the result of the implementation effort of the Global Strategy on Occupational Health for All. Both the WHO and the International Labor Organization (ILO) recognize work stress as a major global [...]

The International Labor Organization estimates that as much as 231 million will be unemployed this year. The director general of the ILO, Juan Somavia of Chile, says that the financial crisis has become a ‘global job crisis.’ He reports, “The global unemployment could affect 231 million people in 2009, an increase of 52 million as [...]

An ILO report warned that the total number of unemployed could reach 230 million, and that 45 percent of these workers are below the poverty line. As a direct consequence of the global economic crisis, 2009 could add 50 million new unemployed worldwide. In 2007, nearly 180 million people were without work. According to the [...]

The Programme of Occupational Health by the World Health Organization (WHO) published a series of occupational health documents entitled: Protecting Workers’ Health. These contain the implementation approaches of the Global Strategy on Occupational Health for All, a result of the Fourth Network Meeting of the WHO Collaborating Centres in Occupational Health. The WHO, along with [...]