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Health Services

Tripartite meeting highlights the importance of improving health sector employment and working conditions

Decent work is crucial to ensuring effective and resilient health systems, addressing global health workforce shortages and achieving equal access to quality health care.

“Working anytime, anywhere”

New report highlights opportunities and challenges of expanding telework

New ILO-Eurofound report shows that the use of modern communication technologies facilitates a better overall work-life balance but, at the same time, also blurs the boundaries between work and personal life.

ABND on Social Protection Floors in Tajikistan Launched in Dushanbe

On 9 February 2017, Dushanbe hosted a high-level round table as part of the Assessment Based National Dialogue (ABND) on social protection.

High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Health Employment and Economic Growth

ILO welcomes five-year action plan to increase investments in the global health workforce

The ILO will support countries in implementing the recommendations of the High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth, with game-changing ideas, policy advice and technical assistance.

Opening statement to the High-Level Ministerial Meeting on Health Employment and Economic Growth

Statement by Gilbert Houngbo, ILO's Deputy Director-General for Field Operations & Partnerships.

Health economy

Globally millions of jobs are needed to ensure essential health care

An estimated 50 million decent jobs are missing to address essential global health requirements, while much of the care in the health economy is done by 57 million unpaid family workers, says new ILO study.

71th UN General Assembly

UN Commission: New Investments in Global Health Workforce Will Create Jobs and Drive Economic Growth

The Presidents of France and South Africa called for urgent investments globally to create new jobs in the health sector in order to prevent a projected shortfall of 18 million health workers primarily in low- and lower-middle-income countries, and...

ILO accompanies the Occupational Safety and Health National Policy Presidential signature

Presidential signature of the Decree approving the OSH National Policy brings to an end a tripartite process of formulation, in which the ILO has provided technical assistance and support to the tripartite constituents.

High Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

ILO calls for increase in global health sector workforce

At the first meeting in Lyon, France, of a new UN multilateral commission, the ILO has highlighted a major increase in the health sector workforce as essential if the 2030 Agenda goals on health are to be realized.

Multilateral system

ILO Director-General welcomes the appointment of a High-level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth

A new multilateral commission will address issues in global health labour markets. Among them, labour shortages and problems of access for populations in need.

ILOAIDs programme

HIV and AIDS in India: Voluntary testing of workers reaches 1.3 million in five states

Recently released figures show the ILO’s programme of combatting HIV and AIDS through workplaces in India continues to deliver strong results.

The role of migration in the health care sector

On 28 January, the European Commission held its first European Dialogue on Skills and Migration. Christiane Kuptsch, Senior Specialist in Migration Policy at the ILO, took part in a panel discussion on the health sector.

Call for digitally acquired standard images

Preparation of the next edition of the ILO International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses

The Labour Inspection, Labour Administration and Occupational Safety and Health Branch (LABADMIN/OSH) of the ILO and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

ILO constituents endorsed national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan”

On 22 October 2015, ILO representatives took part in a tripartite round table meeting at the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, where the national OSH profile “Labour Protection in the Republic of Kazakhstan”...

International Day of Older Persons

More than half of the world’s older persons lack quality long-term care

A new ILO study reveals a global shortfall of 13.6 million care workers undermining the delivery of quality services to more than half of the world’s older persons.

Employment and Gender Equality

Investment in child-care centers and preschool education would boost employment and gender equality in Turkey

Child Labour

Hendek Social Support Centre concluded its work with a picnic with the students.

Seasonal Agriculture workers are departing from the region with the end of hazelnut harvest season. Teachers of Hendek Social Support Centre in Sakarya Province, which was established within the scope of “Integrated Model for the Elimination of...

Rehearsals at Çilimli Social Support Centre continue for the end of the harvest season

Students of Çilimli Social Support Centre are coming to the centre with a school bus every morning from their settlements. Their relation with the centre is reinforced with the social and cultural activities beside the official education programme.

The Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries of Europe (CAOBISCO) Secretary General and members arrived to Ordu...

The Association of the Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries of Europe (CAOBISCO) Secretary General and a delegation from it’s members arrived to Ordu Province to observe “Integrated Model for the Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour...

Hygiene and health comes first.

Intensive efforts to end child labour in seasonal hazelnut harvesting continue with hygiene training and dental health check for children in social support centres.