Safety + Health for All offers a tailored set of interventions to address the immediate and longer-term safety and health needs of constituents related to COVID-19. The programme is repurposing operations to provide assistance in adopting national and workplace policies and measures, including through the integration of biological hazards and emergency preparedness in enterprise risk management, and national/ sectorial plans of action to avoid recurrence of contagion in workplaces. In particular, based on a rapid assessment, the Vision Zero Fund is setting-up immediate fast-track support to countries where it is operating to provide sector-specific responses applicable to garment and agriculture global supply chains.
The issue
Safe and healthy work is the right of all workers and a foundation of sustainable development. Yet, 2.78 million workers die each year from work-related injuries and illnesses and another 374 million suffer from non-fatal work-related injury and diseases. In addition to incalculable suffering, lost workdays represent almost 4% of the world's annual GDP.
Since 2016, the Safety + Health for All Flagship Programme has been active in 15 countries and at global level. This report highlights key facts and figures for this first phase of programme implementation.
To better protect the women and men who, through their work and their businesses make up the wealth of Madagascar, this is the ambition of the Vision Zero Fund, an initiative which intervenes in the Malagasy textile and construction sectors.
This document aims to provide basic knowledge about the workplace prevention of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, that is spreading worldwide. It provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an Action Checklist to assess COVID-19 risks and information for taking measures to protect the safety and health of their workers.
This guide aims to provide practical guidance for the prevention and mitigation of coronavirus transmission (COVID-19) in agricultural activities. These recommendations should be considered as a complement to any rules, regulations or directives issued by each country.
This report focuses on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and their specific characteristics that are likely to have an impact on occupational safety and health (OSH) outcomes.
The document provides information on the strategic components of the Flagship Programme and details the path towards lasting improvements in the safety and health of workers
The ILO and the WHO signed an Agreement on the collaboration for the development of a joint methodology for estimating the work-related burden of disease and injury and preparation of corresponding estimates.