All publications: Health and social services

Policy brief

Decent Working Time for Nursing Personnel: Critical for Worker Well-being and Quality Care

This policy brief highlights the importance of decent working time arrangements for the quality of care, and provides practical information on addressing working time issues with a focus on nursing personnel.

Policy brief

HIV self-testing at the workplace

Launched ahead of World AIDS Day 2018, the policy brief, developed by ILO and WHO, outlines key planning and implementation considerations for managers and implementers on HIV self-testing at workplaces. Given the gaps in HIV testing, HIV...

OSH Manual

Occupational safety and health in public health emergencies: A manual for protecting health workers and responders

This manual provides an overview of the main OSH risks faced by emergency responders during disease outbreaks and other emergencies, such as natural disasters, chemical incidents, radiological emergencies and emergencies involving conflicts.

The impact of HIV and AIDS on the world of work: Global estimates

Bringing together health data, in particular HIV prevalence data, with labour force, economic and demographic data, the report sets out social and economic impacts on workers and their households for 2005, 2010 and 2015, as well as projections for...

Back to the Future: Challenges and opportunities for the future of work addressed in ILO sectoral meetings since 2010

This working paper summarises how issues directly related to the future of work have been discussed by ILO constituents in sectoral meetings held since 2010, as further material for reflection by the Global Commission on the Future of Work, as it...

Research Department Working Paper n°27

The gendered effects of air pollution on labour supply

This paper draws on 20 years of systematic data collection on employment and air pollution to explore the link between air pollution and labour supply.

Guide to the Safety and Health in Construction Convention, 1988 (No. 167) and Recommendation (No. 175)

Building a preventative Safety and Health Culture in Construction

RAPOR

THE GUIDE ON “BUILDING A PREVENTATIVE SAFETY AND HEALTH CULTURE IN MINES” PUBLISHED

RAPOR

Survey on how Occupational Safety Experts Carry out their Roles and Responsibilities

RAPOR

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South Africa: Case study on working time organization and its effects in the health services sector

The present working paper explores the complex issues around working time organization and their effects in the health services sector in South Africa. It is one of the products of a research initiative jointly carried out by the ILO Working...

Improving Employment and working conditions in health services

This report has been prepared by the International Labour Office as a basis for discussions at the Tripartite Meeting on Improving Employment and Working Conditions in Health Services, to be held from 24 to 28 April 2017 in Geneva. It provides an...

Providing Care through Cooperatives 2: Literature Review and Case Studies

Today, care is provided in myriad forms, from childcare and eldercare to care for persons living with a disability or illness. What is more, the need for care is growing worldwide, driven by demographic shifts including the growing ageing population...

ILO Works in Indonesia: 2016 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Indonesia in 2016.

Social Protection Floors. Volume 1. Universal Schemes

The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.

Social Protection Floors. Volume 2. Innovations to Extend Coverage

The volumes on “Social Protection Floors” present best practices and experiences from countries that are useful for South-South learning, for practitioners and to provide the basis for more informed policy-making.

Challenges in long-term care of the elderly in Central and Eastern Europe

The purpose of this report is to shed light on the growing long-term care challenges in social protection, with a particular focus on the Central and Eastern European countries.

Bulgan and Tsatsral are getting familiarized with social insurance

The comic book for students and young people provides basic information about social insurance in Mongolia including its all five schemes. The book is available only in Mongolian.

Promoting social insurance: Dedicated for herders

The self-learning manual for herders on social insurance. The manual was produced only in Mongolian.

Including HIV in public and private sector insurance policies and products

This brief is to help public and private sector insurance/social protection providers as well as other stakeholders engaged in the HIV response to work together for expanding the insurance coverage for PLHIV.