Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania

Introduction: <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">Occupational health</a> and safety is related with economic activities undertaken in the country. As the economic activ...

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Autores principales:	Ezra J. Mrema, Aiwerasia V. Ngowi, Simon H.D. Mamuya
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Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2015
Materias:	occupational health and safety occupational health services challenges economy laws regulations Tanzania Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1267a36882a042699f63cd1b713df3e32021-12-02T01:08:17ZStatus of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2015.08.021https://doaj.org/article/1267a36882a042699f63cd1b713df3e32015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/1493https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Introduction: <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">Occupational health</a> and safety is related with economic activities undertaken in the country. As the economic activities grow and expand, <a title="Learn more about Occupational Disease" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-disease">occupational injuries and diseases</a> are more likely to increase among workers in different sectors of economy such as agriculture, mining, transport, and manufacture. This may result in high occupational health and safety services demand, which might be difficult to meet by developing countries that are prioritizing economic expansion without regard to their impact on occupational health and safety. Objective: To describe the status of occupational health and safety in Tanzania and outline the challenges in provision of occupational health services under the state of an expanding economy. Findings: Tanzania's economy is growing steadily, with growth being driven by communications, transport, financial intermediation, construction, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing. Along with this growth, hazards emanating from work in all sectors of the economy have increased and varied. The workers exposed to these hazards suffer from illness and injuries and yet they are not provided with adequate occupational health services. Services are scanty and limited to a few enterprises that can afford it. Existing laws and regulations are not comprehensive enough to cover the entire population. Implementation of legislation is weak and does not protect the workers. Conclusions: Most Tanzanians are not covered by the occupational health and safety law and do not access occupational health services. Thus an occupational health and safety services strategy, backed by legislations and provided with the necessary resources (competent experts, financial and technological resources), is a necessity in Tanzania. The existing legal provisions require major modifications to meet international requirements and standards. OHS regulations and legislations need refocusing, revision, and strengthening to cover all working population. Capacities should be improved through training and research to enable enforcement. Finally the facilities and resources should be made available for OHS services to match with the growing economy.Ezra J. MremaAiwerasia V. NgowiSimon H.D. MamuyaUbiquity Pressarticleoccupational health and safetyoccupational health serviceschallengeseconomylawsregulationsTanzaniaInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 81, Iss 4, Pp 538-547 (2015)
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spellingShingle	occupational health and safety occupational health services challenges economy laws regulations Tanzania Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Ezra J. Mrema Aiwerasia V. Ngowi Simon H.D. Mamuya Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania
description	Introduction: <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">Occupational health</a> and safety is related with economic activities undertaken in the country. As the economic activities grow and expand, <a title="Learn more about Occupational Disease" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-disease">occupational injuries and diseases</a> are more likely to increase among workers in different sectors of economy such as agriculture, mining, transport, and manufacture. This may result in high occupational health and safety services demand, which might be difficult to meet by developing countries that are prioritizing economic expansion without regard to their impact on occupational health and safety. Objective: To describe the status of occupational health and safety in Tanzania and outline the challenges in provision of occupational health services under the state of an expanding economy. Findings: Tanzania's economy is growing steadily, with growth being driven by communications, transport, financial intermediation, construction, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing. Along with this growth, hazards emanating from work in all sectors of the economy have increased and varied. The workers exposed to these hazards suffer from illness and injuries and yet they are not provided with adequate occupational health services. Services are scanty and limited to a few enterprises that can afford it. Existing laws and regulations are not comprehensive enough to cover the entire population. Implementation of legislation is weak and does not protect the workers. Conclusions: Most Tanzanians are not covered by the occupational health and safety law and do not access occupational health services. Thus an occupational health and safety services strategy, backed by legislations and provided with the necessary resources (competent experts, financial and technological resources), is a necessity in Tanzania. The existing legal provisions require major modifications to meet international requirements and standards. OHS regulations and legislations need refocusing, revision, and strengthening to cover all working population. Capacities should be improved through training and research to enable enforcement. Finally the facilities and resources should be made available for OHS services to match with the growing economy.
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title	Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania
title_short	Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania
title_full	Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania
title_fullStr	Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania
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Status of Occupational Health and Safety and Related Challenges in Expanding Economy of Tanzania

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