WHO GPA objective 3 Improve the Performance
and Access to OHS
Activity Area Managers:
Timo Leino, FIOH
Leslie Nickels, UIC
Objective 3:
to improve the performance and access
to occupational health services
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Coverage and quality of occupational health services:
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Linkage to national health strategies and health sector reforms
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Standards for organization and coverage
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Mechanisms for pooling resources and financing of the delivery
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Sufficient and competent human resources
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Quality assurance systems
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Basic occupational health services for all workers
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Building core institutional capacities
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National and local levels
Development of human resources for occupational health:
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Post graduate training
Capacities for basic occupational health services
Workers’ health in training of primary health care
Attracting and retaining human resources
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Priority 3.1, 17 projects
• Develop working methods, provide technical assistance to
countries for organization, delivery and evaluation of basic OH
services in the context of primary health care, with particular
focus on underserved populations and settings with
constrained resources
• Output: Policies and programs on OH, good practices and
demonstration projects for organization and delivery of OH
services, development and evaluation of service delivery would
draw on international knowledge networks of service providers
and the WHO web-based OH capacity development facility
• Support:
CC: Timo Leino, FIOH, Finland; Norbert Wagner, Great Lakes Centers
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, USA; Frank
Van Dijk, Coronel Institute, The Netherlands
WHO/HQ: Ivan Ivanov
ILO: Igor Fedotov
ICOH: Jorma Rantanen
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Key outcomes by 2012
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WHO Global report on "Occupational Health in Primary Health Care"
National, regional and sectoral OSH profiles and roundtables (forums,
e.g. Chile)
Programmes for establishing and strengthening occupational health
services
- China, Thailand, Vietnam, FYR Macedonia, South Africa, India,
Indonesia, + networks
Practical BOHS delivery models and published practices distributed
- China, Thailand, Vietnam, FYR Macedonia, South Africa, India,
Indonesia
These are also part of 3.2
• Programs of grass-root level training of occupational health and
safety
• Programs of post-graduate training
• Train-the-Trainer Programs
• WHO OHCD facility, such as
- BOHS Guidelines and a Manual
- BOHS field measurement kit for priority exposures
- Book of good practices and solutions for specific problems
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Gaps to be filled in by 2012
• How to benefit of the work of others in developing
strategy and programmes on OH
• How to create necessary tools to build-up and integrate
OH in PH
• Cross-links with PH and labour safety
• Funding
• Adequate policy and technical consultations
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Priority 3.2, 41 projects
• Adapt and disseminate curricula, training
materials, and training for international capacity
building in OH, to make meaningful structures and
functions.
• Outputs: 1) Core group of experts (technical,
educational and content) to help move forward on
developing capacity (WHO-OHCD); 2) development of a
electronic resource for increasing capacity in OH which
will include a learning repository, expert consultancy,
and information access.
• Support: University of Cape Town, AMC, NHS-UK
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Key outcomes by 2012
• Creation of platform for accessing information to build capacity
for OH
• Inventory of learning materials in OH implemented in N
number of countries
• Network of N educators and N technical advisors on BOSH
Funding----WHO-OHCD
Sign Posting
Learning Repository
Expert Consultancy
Information
Access
CC Network
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Gaps to be filled in by 2012
• Home for platform both technical and professional
• Project proposal(s) to support structure and functions
including partners
• Necessary resources to run program(s)
• Identifying target audience
• Models that are easy to use for local conditions
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Two sessions and a workshop
• Session on capacity building (3.2)
– room X10
– Tuesday 20 Oct 10:30-1:45
• Session on BOHS (3.1)
– room E110
– Wednesday 21 Oct 9:00-11:30
• Workshop on capacity building
– Salle G Main Building
– Thursday 22 Oct 13:00-19:00 and Friday 23 Oct 9:00-12:00
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