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BRAZILIAN NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ELIMINATION OF SILICOSIS

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BRAZILIAN NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ELIMINATION OF SILICOSIS

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    1. BRAZILIAN NATIONAL PROGRAMME ON ELIMINATION OF SILICOSIS Eduardo Algranti, Bernardo Bedrikow, Fatima Sueli N. Ribeiro, Zuher Handar I would like to thank the organizers for the invitation to report on the Brazilian National Programme on Elimination of Silicosis, in particular to Dr. Igor Fedotov from the ILO for his continuos stimulus and support for this and other programmes related to ORD throughout these years. In this talk I will delineate how the Brazilian programme is delineated and take advantage of hearing other experiences from the colleagues from other countries I would like to thank the organizers for the invitation to report on the Brazilian National Programme on Elimination of Silicosis, in particular to Dr. Igor Fedotov from the ILO for his continuos stimulus and support for this and other programmes related to ORD throughout these years. In this talk I will delineate how the Brazilian programme is delineated and take advantage of hearing other experiences from the colleagues from other countries

    2. Participating institutions Ministry of Labour and Employment Ministry of Health Ministry of Social Welfare Public Prosecution Service ILO FUNDACENTRO

    3. Brazil has some 170 million inhabitants. Half of our population is economically active. Silicosis has been the main pneumoconiosis in the country. We have gathered data of silicosis ocurrence from different economic sectors and this slide presents a short resume of some of the findings........... The larger number of silicosis cases comes from gold mining and it is not quoted here because it was never published as na epidemiological report of this mining sector. More than 4,500 cases were diagnosed, so far. Brazil has some 170 million inhabitants. Half of our population is economically active. Silicosis has been the main pneumoconiosis in the country. We have gathered data of silicosis ocurrence from different economic sectors and this slide presents a short resume of some of the findings........... The larger number of silicosis cases comes from gold mining and it is not quoted here because it was never published as na epidemiological report of this mining sector. More than 4,500 cases were diagnosed, so far.

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