Action Plans on Workers' Health

WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers' Health

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Objectives:

1.To devise and implement policy instruments on workers' health

2.To protect and promote health at the workplace

3.To improve performance and access to occupational health services

4.To provide and communicate evidence for action and practice

5.To incorporate workers' health into other policies 

The Plan encourages an inter-sectoral and inter-disciplinary approach between WHO member states to partner with workers and employers to formulate policies that protect and promote workers’ health. 

PAHO Regional Plan of Action on Workers’ Health

Similar to the Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health, the objective of the Regional Plan is to encourage member states to take action on physical, biological, chemical and psychosocial factors, as well as organizational factors and dangerous production processes that adversely affect workers’ health in both the formal and informal sectors. 

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The priorities of the Regional Plan include:

1.Strengthening the countries’ capabilities to anticipate, identify, evaluate and control or eliminate risks and dangers in the workplace;

2.Promoting the update of workers’ health legislation and regulations, and the establishment of programs designed to improve the quality of the work environment;

3.Fostering programs for health promotion and disease prevention in occupational health and encouraging better health services for the working population.