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Occupational Safety and Health

How coffee farmers in Viet Nam are transforming compliance into a shield for Decent Work

Not only the bean, but safety and rights are essential ingredients for the resilience of their families and farms.

Private sector champions HIV and TB response in the world of work

South Africa’s private sector is strengthening leadership and collaboration to advance workplace HIV and TB responses, positioning employee health as a business imperative. Through SANAC-PSF initiatives and ILO support, employers are expanding...

Press release

ILO and Health Services Academy Convene National Dialogue to Strengthen OSH for Quality Health Services

The dialogue focused on strengthening service delivery systems, improving OSH practices, and enhancing coordination across ESSIs to better support insured workers and those who care for them.

Occupational safety and health

Brunei government, employers and workers hold first-ever workplace safety and health dialogue

Landmark meeting strengthens national cooperation following ratification of ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention No. 187.

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Making farms safer: Jordan launches guidelines to protect workers

Practical tools will reduce hazard risks and strengthen safety across the country’s agriculture sector.

Occupational Safety and Health

One step closer to safer and healthier workplaces through simple acts of care

In Viet Nam’s coffee heartland, farmers are stepping up not just to grow beans, but to grow a culture of care.

Care economy

ILO calls for greater recognition and investment in Pakistan’s care economy

Investing in Pakistan’s care economy is essential for growth, equity and gender equality. Pakistan requires coordinated efforts and increased investment to transform the sector — particularly by investing in people through education, skills, fair...

Masoyise Health Programme unveils bold 2025 - 2030 Strategy at the 12th SA-AIDS Conference

Press release

ILO launches OSH guide in agriculture in Jordan

New guide provides practical tools to improve safety, reduce risks, and promote decent work for Jordan’s agricultural workforce.

Press release

Islamabad Healthcare Authority and ILO launch revised standards to improve worker safety and patient care

Occupational Safety and Health

Tanzania moves to protect sanitation workers’ health, safety and dignity

Arusha (ILO News) - Tanzania has taken a bold and unprecedented step in advancing the rights, recognition, and protection of sanitation workers, a group of essential but often invisible frontline workers who safeguard public health while facing...

Press release

ILO launches first occupational safety and health guide in agriculture in Lebanon

New guide aims to raise safety standards, protect workers’ rights, and promote decent work in Lebanon’s agriculture sector

Labour Court Standards

Legal minds, safer workplaces Tanzania Hosts OSHA’s high-level Judicial Training

Mwanza, Tanzania (ILO News) - In a decisive step toward bolstering legal enforcement of workplace safety and health labour standards in Tanzania, the Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA), under the Prime Minister Office - Labour, Youth,...

Sectoral labour data and statistics

ILO integrates sectoral labour statistics to strengthen access to world of work data

Updated sectoral webpages now combine data from ILOSTAT with key resources on labour standards, policies, and research across major industries — helping constituents, researchers, and policymakers make evidence-based decisions to promote decent work.

Social protection reform

Towards comprehensive social protection in Indonesia

The ILO facilitates a consultation process in which Indonesia's tripartite partners discussed how the ILO’s Convention on Social Security can inform upcoming reforms in the country.

Advancing occupational safety and health in the informal economy

Training workshop empowers local actors to improve safety and health of waste pickers

Our impact, their voices

Fighting for the safety of Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare heroes

How a union leader is championing the rights of health workers.

News

Global landmark pandemic accord sets new milestone for health and care workers

In a landmark move, the World Health Assembly has adopted the first-ever Pandemic Agreement – an international accord aimed at bolstering preparedness and ensuring a fairer, more unified response to future global health crises. Central to this...

HIV/AIDS and Safety and Health

ILO and TACAIDS reinforce commitment to workplace HIV response in Tanzania

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) have reaffirmed their commitment to combating HIV/AIDS in Tanzanian workplaces.

Podcast series: Global challenges – Global solutions

Young and unhappy in the world of work: What can we do about it?

Things should be looking good for young people in the world of work, but they’re not. There’s a growing epidemic of unhappiness among young workers in both the developed and now the developing world. In this podcast, David Blanchflower, a renowned...