All publications: Health and social services

Improving health in the workplace: ILO’s framework for action

If integrated into occupational safety and health (OSH) policies, the potential of workplace health promotion (HP) to improve working life increases as it complements occupational health. It benefits both workers and employers by improving the...

Improving health in the workplace: ILO’s framework for action

If integrated into occupational safety and health (OSH) policies, the potential of workplace health promotion (HP) to improve working life increases as it complements occupational health. It benefits both workers and employers by improving the...

Social Protection Policy Paper. Paper 13

Addressing the Global Health Crisis: Universal Health Protection Policies

This policy paper (i) examines the dimensions of the global health crisis based on severe deficits in health protection and limited access to needed health care; (ii) presents the extent of the health crisis at global, regional and national level as...

Strengthening the world of work response to HIV and AIDS: Public-Private Partnership

The ILO is the lead UN agency for HIV and AIDS policies and programmes in the world of work and private sector mobilization. The ILO programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work plays a key role in the global HIV responses through workplaces.

Joint WHO/ILO briefing note for workers and employers

Ebola Virus Disease: Occupational safety and health

This briefing note is based on the existing WHO and ILO guides and recommendations for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) at the time of the publication. It will be updated as new information and recommendations become available.

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. The HealthWISE package consists of an Action Manual and a Trainers' Guide to combine action and learning. Topics include occupational safety and health,...

ILO Works in Timor-Leste: 2013 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Timor-Leste in 2013.

Multi-regional Project on Strengthening the World of Work Response on HIV and AIDS

The ILO is the lead UN agency for HIV and AIDS policies and programmes in the world of work and private sector mobilization. The ILO programme on HIV and AIDS and the World of Work plays a key role in the global HIV responses through workplaces....

A Public-Private Partnership to economically empower HIV-vulnerable populations along transport corridors in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is among the countries in sub-Saharan Africa worst affected by the HIV and AIDS epidemic. A partnership has been established between the ILO, the Small Enterprise Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (SEDCO), multiple private sector partners...

Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises

The ILO’s Strategic HIV/AIDS Response in Enterprises (SHARE) taps into the resources of the public and private sectors for the benefit of workers, their families, and enterprises – not to mention national economies. SHARE’s principal objectives are...

ILO Works in Indonesia: 2013 results

Presents the results of the ILO works/activities in Indonesia in 2013.

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services - Action Manual

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. It encourages workers and managers to work together to improve workplaces and practices with low-cost solutions. Topics include occupational safety and health,...

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services - Trainers' Guide

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. The Trainers' Guide accompanies the Action Manual- combining action and learning. Topics include occupational safety and health, personnel management and...

HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services - Action Manual

HealthWISE is a practical, participatory quality improvement tool for health facilities. The HealthWISE package consists of an Action Manual and a Trainers' Guide to combine action and learning. The Chinese translation was prepared by the National...

Financial Assessment of the cost of providing health care coverage for Palestinain refugees in Lebanon

The preliminary financial assessment of the cost of providing health care coverage estimates – for the first time – the unutilized contributions of the Palestinians wage earners and their employers to the NSSF. It also projects the possible cost to...

HealthWISE - Biological hazards and infection control, with special reference to HIV and TB

The Module 3 of the Action Manual focuses on biological hazards to which health workers are exposed during the course of their work, and examines biological risk and infection control, emphasizing the importance of standard precautions with a...

HealthWISE - Trainers’ Guide

The Trainers’ Guide contains the tools for an active training programme and includes a PowerPoint presentation for module 3 on Biological hazards and infection control, with special reference to HIV and TB.

The Impact of Employment on HIV Treatment Adherence

In 2013 the ILO commissioned a team of independent researchers, managed by the ILO HIV and AIDS and the World of Work Branch (ILOAIDS) to assess the evidence on the relationship between the employment status of people living with HIV and their...

Working together with businesses - Guidance on TB and TB/HIV prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care in the workplace

This is a joint WHO/ILO/UNAIDS publication. The purpose of this document is to capitalize on the untapped potential of the business sector to respond to these two epidemics.

VCT@WORK: Together, making it happen in Africa!

More than 8 million people living with HIV are accessing the antiretroviral treatment enabling them to live longer, healthier and more productive lives. However, an estimated 7 million people currently eligible for treatment are not accessing it. An...