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"
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National, regional and sectoral OSH profiles and roundtables
(forums, e.g. Chile)
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Programmes for establishing and strengthening occupational
health services
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OHS policy and profiles Conference in 2010 in Finland
China, Thailand, Vietnam, FYR Macedonia, South Africa, Latin
America, India, Turkey, Indonesia, etc + networks
Practical BOHS delivery models and tools and published
practices distributed, integrated in national system and
policy; national profiles and needs assessment tools is a base
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China, Thailand, Vietnam, FYR Macedonia, South Africa, India,
Indonesia, etc
BOHS Conference in 2011 in Finland
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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
• WHO OH Competence Development facility
Funding----WHO-OHCD
Sign Posting
Learning Repository
Expert Consultancy
Information
Access
CC Network
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WHO OH Competence Development facility
• A web-based facility and corresponding community as a vehicle for
capacity development is proposed with a front page designed to
signpost 3 principal support functions for capacity development:
1. a learning repository integrated with a global support network of
educators will provide access to a range of learning materials and
opportunities ranging from simple educational tools to full curriculum
courses and programmes.
2. an expert consultancy resource will direct users to a network of
experts in various aspects of occupational health services and capacity
building using also social media tools
3. an information access resource will provide access to selected quality
information e.g. PUBMED, Cochrane Library, full text access via
HINARI, Geolibrary, WHO and ILO materials.
• The website will draw on the already substantial current and planned
capacity development work of the network of WHO CCs, especially
education and training materials and activities in various GPA priority
areas, and will feed back into the activities of the CCs locally,
regionally and globally. Social media tools will be used to improve
contacts and collaboration.
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• 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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