Global Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action

Background: Global <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">occupational health</a> and safety (OHS) is strictly linked to the dynamics of economic globalization. As the glob...

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Autores principales:	Roberto G. Lucchini, Leslie London
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Materias:	ethics globalization inequality occupational health social and global impact Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4c06074ad5c435e831504f223b76a4f2021-12-02T07:41:18ZGlobal Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action2214-999610.1016/j.aogh.2014.09.006https://doaj.org/article/f4c06074ad5c435e831504f223b76a4f2014-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2053https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Global <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">occupational health</a> and safety (OHS) is strictly linked to the dynamics of economic globalization. As the global market is increasing, the gap between developed and underdeveloped countries, <a title="Learn more about Occupational Injury" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-injury">occupational diseases, and injuries</a> affect a vast number of workers worldwide. Global OHS issues also become local in developed countries due to many factors, including untrained migrant workers in the informal sector, construction, and agriculture. Objective: To identify the current status and challenges of global occupational health and safety and the needs for preventive action. Findings: Absence of OHS infrastructure amplifies the devastating consequences of infectious outbreaks like the Ebola pandemic and <a title="Learn more about Tuberculosis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>. Interventions in global OHS are urgently needed at various levels:</p><dl class="list"><dt class="list-label">1. </dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0015">Increased governmental funding is needed for international organizations like the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization to face the increasing demand for policies, guidance, and training. 2.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0020">Regulations to ban and control dangerous products are needed to avoid the transfer of hazardous production to developing countries. 3.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0025">The OHS community must address global OHS issues through advocacy, position papers, public statements, technical and ethical guidelines, and by encouraging access of OHS professionals from the developing countries to leadership positions in professional and academic societies. 4.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0030">Research, education, and training of OHS professionals, workers, unions and employers are needed to address global OHS issues and their local impact. 5.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0035">Consumers also can influence significantly the adoption of OHS practices by demanding the protection of workers who are producing he goods that are sold in the global market.</p></dd></dl><p>. Conclusions: Following the equation of maximized profits prompted by the inhibition of OHS is an old practice that has proven to cause significant costs to societies in the developed world. It is now an urgent priority to stop this process and promote a harmonized global market where the health of workers is guaranteed in the global perspective.Roberto G. LucchiniLeslie LondonUbiquity Pressarticleethicsglobalizationinequalityoccupational healthsocial and global impactInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 80, Iss 4, Pp 251-256 (2014)
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description	Background: Global <a title="Learn more about Occupational Health" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-health">occupational health</a> and safety (OHS) is strictly linked to the dynamics of economic globalization. As the global market is increasing, the gap between developed and underdeveloped countries, <a title="Learn more about Occupational Injury" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/occupational-injury">occupational diseases, and injuries</a> affect a vast number of workers worldwide. Global OHS issues also become local in developed countries due to many factors, including untrained migrant workers in the informal sector, construction, and agriculture. Objective: To identify the current status and challenges of global occupational health and safety and the needs for preventive action. Findings: Absence of OHS infrastructure amplifies the devastating consequences of infectious outbreaks like the Ebola pandemic and <a title="Learn more about Tuberculosis" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>. Interventions in global OHS are urgently needed at various levels:</p><dl class="list"><dt class="list-label">1. </dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0015">Increased governmental funding is needed for international organizations like the World Health Organization and the International Labor Organization to face the increasing demand for policies, guidance, and training. 2.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0020">Regulations to ban and control dangerous products are needed to avoid the transfer of hazardous production to developing countries. 3.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0025">The OHS community must address global OHS issues through advocacy, position papers, public statements, technical and ethical guidelines, and by encouraging access of OHS professionals from the developing countries to leadership positions in professional and academic societies. 4.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0030">Research, education, and training of OHS professionals, workers, unions and employers are needed to address global OHS issues and their local impact. 5.</dt><dd class="list-description"><p id="p0035">Consumers also can influence significantly the adoption of OHS practices by demanding the protection of workers who are producing he goods that are sold in the global market.</p></dd></dl><p>. Conclusions: Following the equation of maximized profits prompted by the inhibition of OHS is an old practice that has proven to cause significant costs to societies in the developed world. It is now an urgent priority to stop this process and promote a harmonized global market where the health of workers is guaranteed in the global perspective.
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title	Global Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action
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Global Occupational Health: Current Challenges and the Need for Urgent Action

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