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Why we support the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work?

Why we support the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work?. Dr Ivan D. Ivanov Public Health and Environment World Health Organization. WHO global plan of action on workers' health 2008-2017 Resolution WHA 60.26 from 2007.

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Why we support the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work?

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  1. Why we support the Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work? Dr Ivan D. Ivanov Public Health and Environment World Health Organization

  2. WHO global plan of action on workers' health 2008-2017Resolution WHA 60.26 from 2007 • To devise and implement policy instruments for workers' health • To protect and promote health at the workplace • To improve the performance of and access to occupational health services • To provide and communicate evidence for action and practice • To incorporate workers' health into other policies

  3. Reducing health inequities through action on social determinants of healthResolution WHA 62.14 from 2009 • Assessing the impacts of policies and programmes on health inequities • Enhancing health in all policies, including employment strategies • Include occupation and employment in health statistics • Promote access to basic services essential to health

  4. Primary health care and strengthening health systemsResolution WHA62.12 from 2009 four sets of reformswhat they mean for occupational health?

  5. UN System Joint Crisis InitiativesSocial Protection Floor • A basic package of financing for essential social services, incl. health • building a social protection floor • Making health care more affordable • renewal of primary health care • strengthening health systems • These systems need to be maintained and strengthened, if destroyed or weakened they can not be recovered without considerable re-investment!

  6. UN System Joint Crisis Initiatives Green Economy • Comparative health assessment of conventional vs. green technologies • from cradle to grave • Prevention through design • technologies, buildings • Green jobs: • should not be dangerous to health • occupational health benefits vs. risks in job creation

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