All publications: Health and social services

VCT@WORK

A toolkit for HIV workplace peer educators on HIV voluntary counselling and testing at work

This toolkit is developed for training HIV peer educators at workplaces. Developed under the ILO’s Voluntary Counselling and Testing at the Workplace (VCT@WORK) Initiative, the toolkit provides guidance and tools – training methodology, exercises,...

Migrant health

Philippine health laws and policies relevant to Overseas Filipinos and their families: Mapping and rapid analysis

The study highlights gaps in Philippine migrant health laws, urging reforms to better protect Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.

ILO Brief

Improving social health protection for refugees in Egypt through their inclusion in the Universal Health Insurance (UHI) scheme

This ILO policy brief explores pathways to include refugees in Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance, enhancing social protection and economic inclusion.

Labour migration

Migrant workers in the care economy

This policy brief examines the growing global demand for migrant care workers, particularly women, and the challenges they face in accessing decent work and adequate protection. It explores gaps in labour migration governance and protection...

Emergency Response Plan progress update

How the ILO’s employment-intensive investment approach is supporting recovery and resilience in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Addressing sexual harrassment and GBV at workplaces and promoting women’s economic empowerment

Kingdom of Eswatini

National occupational safety and health profile

ILO / OECD / WHO seminar

Working for Health 2018 - 2023 : Highlights

Working for Health 2018- 2023: Catalytic Support for a Strong Health Workforce in the African Region

Report

Algorithmic Management practices in regular workplaces: case studies in logistics and healthcare

An analysis of algorithmic management in logistics and healthcare, examining its global impact on job quality and work organization

Executive Summary

Preventing and addressing violence and harassment in the world of work through occupational safety and health measures

The report addresses the widespread issue of violence and harassment in the workplace and emphasizes the need for comprehensive measures, including international conventions and safety protocols, to combat these challenges globally.

A call for safer and healthier working environments

Released on the occasion of the World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, the report highlights the most pressing issues in the world of work related to OSH.

Preliminary Assessment of Occupational Safety and Health in the Agriculture Sector in Lebanon

This assessment provides a comprehensive overview of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) conditions in selected farms located in the Akkar and Beqaa regions of Lebanon.

Care Work in China: Who does care work, what is its economic value and how has it been affected by Covid-19?

UN Women and ILO worked together to produce this report to better understand care work and the economy of care in China, where policy recommendations are put forward to strengthen the societal reorganization of care to help shape a more equal and...

Experiences on training and certification for care work in Latin America

Guide for the national debate on the incorporation or improvement of training and certification services for care in early childhood,...

ILO Brief

Intervention Model: The eight-step process to negotiating a social security agreement

What labour force survey data can tell us about the workforce in the health and social care sector

The present report describes the results of a special analysis of data from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS) of 56 countries which provided data about health and social care workers in sufficient detail to distinguish between different occupational...

Health sector investment impacts on employment and economic growth: A panel ARDL analysis in the West African Economic and Monetary Union...

Feasibility study on the enrolment of refugees and asylum seekers in the Egyptian Universal Health Insurance Scheme (UHIS)

This study presents a review of the situation of refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt to assess the feasibility of including them in the universal health insurance scheme (UHIS) launched in 2018.

Manual

International labour migration in the health sector - A manual for participatory assessment of policy coherence

The manual is based on existing ILO work and constitutes a step-by-step practical guide to support constituents and other stakeholders at country level in designing more effective health and labour migration policies.