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Workplace Health Without Borders

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There are 3 billion

workers in the world…

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Source:

World Health Organization (WHO)

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There are 3 billion

workers in the world…

Nearly 2 billion of them work in unhealthy and unsafe conditions

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Source:

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Occupational injuries

and disease

HIV/AIDS

Road traffic

Armed Conflict and

Violence

Millions of Deaths per Year Worldwide

More people die each year from occupational

injuries and disease than from other major causes

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accidents

14%

diseases

86%

More people die from occupational disease than

accidents at work

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160 million

workers get sick

each year due to

non-fatal

workplace-

related diseases

7Source: International Labor Organization (ILO) 2013

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Occupational

injuries, sickness,

and disease

costs the world

economy

$2.8 trillion/year

8Source: International Labor Organization (ILO) 2013

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Hazardous working conditions affect whole

families, including children

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168 million of

the world’s

children are

child labourers,

more than half

of whom work

in hazardous

conditions: ILO

Saeed Awan, Glass bangle manufacture, Pakistan

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In some places every day is

take your kid to work day

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Occupational Hygienists

have the knowledge

and skills to find solutions

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Workplace Health Without

Borders (WHWB)

A non-profit international organization

Registered as a charity in Canada

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Workplace Health Without

Borders (WHWB)

Engages volunteers to address workplace health issues around the world

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A world where workers do not get sick

because of their work

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Vision

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To engage the occupational health

professions in ensuring that workers

and employers throughout the world

have the knowledge and technical

means to prevent work-related

disease

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Mission

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Network of 400+ people around

the world

Monthly teleconferences for

information exchange

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Global Reach

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Sponsored a

workshop in

Odisha, India to

address silica

exposure among

stone crushers

photo courtesy of Perry Gottesfeld © Occupational Knowledge International

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Partnering with University of Toronto and People’s

Training and Research Centre in India on Grand

Challenges project:

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Brick plant project - addressing silica and other

hazards in brick plants in Nepal, Pakistan and

Tanzania

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Provided technical assistance on sampling for

silica in Pakistan brick plants

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We are working

with the ILO

Child Labour

Project to help

protect the

many children

around the

world who work

in brick plants

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Mentor

Programme

Connecting

professionals across

the globe

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Occupational

hygiene

course for

physicians

in India

Training Programmes

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Training Programmes

OHTA W201

Basic

Principles in

Occupation

al Hygiene,

Tanzania

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Facilitated

OH equipment

donations to

Uruguay,

Pakistan,

Tanzania

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Information

sessions at

every monthly

teleconference

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Round Tables

and

presentations

on global OH

at professional

conferences

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Join our growing international membership!

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Learn more and get in touch!

Join WHWB: www.whwb.org

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