Safety and health at work in Asia and the Pacific

A construction worker in Indonesia received OSH training.

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Every year more than 1.1 million people die from occupational accidents or work-related diseases in Asia and the Pacific. The poorest, least protected, least informed and least trained are the most affected. Women, children, disabled workers, migrant workers, and ethnic minorities are often involved.
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Key resources

  1. Tips on protecting your employees from pandemic human influenza

    Tips on how to prevent pandemic human influenza in the workplace extracted from ILO training manuals.

Latest news

  1. Reinvigorating Indonesian OSH programmes by keeping young workers safe

    22 July 2018

  2. Myanmar: ILO makes ginger farming safer and more productive

    29 June 2018

  3. © ILO / Philip Staercke 2018
    Myanmar: ILO makes ginger farming safer and more productive (LONG VERSION)

    28 June 2018

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Events

  1. ILO Mini Business Clinic: Building Productive, Safe and Healthy Businesses for Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises

    28 August 2018

  2. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Training-of-Trainers for Labour Officer

    6 - 7 August 2018

  3. Visayas and Mindanao island-wide tripartite consultations and workshop on the proposed amendments of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards

    1 - 2 August 2018

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Publications

  1. Project fact sheet: Establishing and enhancing an overall occupational safety and health framework in Myanmar and Lao PDR

    14 June 2018

  2. Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers (Safe Youth@Work Project): Fact sheet

    19 February 2018

  3. Towards safer working conditions in the Bangladesh ready-made garment sector

    17 December 2017

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Projects

  1. Establishing and Enhancing An Overall Occupational Safety and Health Framework in Myanmar and Lao PDR

    1 April 2018 - 31 December 2020

  2. Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) Project - Phase III

    1 November 2017 - 31 October 2021

  3. Enhancing Occupational Safety and Health Standards in Construction Sector in Cambodia

    1 April 2017 - 31 March 2020

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