Summary of Projects in the 2009-2012 Global Network WorkPlan
30 September 2011
WorkPlan
GPA No.
Also contributes
substantially to
these GPA
Objectives / Priorities
Project Title
Executive Institution
Country
Final Report Received
WHO Region
GPA Manager: Claudina Nogueira, NIOH, South Africa
Priority 1.1 - Develop / update NATIONAL PROFILES on workers' health and provide
evidence base for development, implementation and evaluation of national action
plans
Initiative Leader: Jovanka Bislimovska (Macedonia); Support - Ivan Ivanov (WHO HQ)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 10
GPA 1.1 projects
Facilitating Project: National action plans and profiles on workers’ health: international
evidence and policy options
1.6d
GPA2.2; GPA3.1;
GPA3.2
Strengthening of health system to address occupational health risks - development of
national strategy on occupational health and safety
Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr. Dragomir
Karajović“, Belgrade, Serbia
Serbia
EURO
1.6f
GPA1.2; GPA2.2;
GPA5.3
Epidemiological surveillance for occupational diseases (Provimep)
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), Chile
Chile
AMRO
1.6g
GPA2.2; GPA 3.1
The Australian National OHS Strategy 2002-2012
Safe Work Australia
Australia
WPRO
1.6h
GPA2.2; GPA 3.1
National Harmonisation of OHS legislation across Australia
Safe Work Australia
Australia
WPRO
1.7d
GPA2.2; GPA 2.3;
GPA 3.2; GPA4.3
National action plan on prevention of occupational diseases and intervention measures
Vietnam NIOEH - National Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health
Vietnam
YES
WPRO
1.7e
GPA2.2; GPA 2.3;
GPA 3.2; GPA4.3
Evaluation of the effectiveness of national action plans on prevention of occupational
diseases in Vietnam
Vietnam NIOEH - National Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health
Vietnam
YES
WPRO
1.9a
GPA 2.3
The draft of the National Occupational Disease Prevention and Control Programme
in China 2005-2010
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control,
China
Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
CC Initiative Leader: Jovanka Bislimovska (Institute of
Occupational Health of RM, Macedonia)
Contributing Projects:
1.10tt
1.7a
1.7b
GPA 2.1; GPA 5.3
Development of international and national indicators of achievement for GPA
World Health Organization (WHO HQ)
Switzerland
Brazilian profile and national surveillance indicators in occupational health and safety
FUNDACENTRO, Brazil
Brazil
Impact of non-health policies on occupational safety and health and public health: a systems International Ergonomics Association (IEA) in collaboration
dynamics analysis
with Curtin University
Development of National Strategy for Safety and Health at Work
1.6i
Institute of Occupational Health of RM, WHO CC, Skopje,
Republic of Macedonia
GAPS:
Priority 1.2 - Develop and disseminate evidence-based prevention tools and raise
awareness for the prevention of SILICA- and other dust-related diseases
Initiative Leaders - Maria Lioce-Mata (NIOSH), Catherine Beaucham (NIOSH), Faye
Rice (NIOSH); Support - Ivan Ivanov (WHO HQ)
1
WPRO
WHO HQ
YES
Australia
Macedonia
AMRO
WPRO
YES
EURO
Facilitating
Project
Includes 14
GPA 1.2 projects
Facilitating Project: Tools and best practices for prevention of silicosis and other
pneumoconioses globally
CC Initiative Leaders: Maria Lioce-Mata, Catherine
Beaucham, Faye Rice (NIOSH, USA)
Contributing Projects:
Area 1: Develop and augment partnerships with stakeholders
1.10u
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
1.10j
GPA 2.1; GPA3.2;
GPA4.3
1.10z
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
1.7f
GPA 1.3
Global Silica Information Dissemination
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
YES
AMRO
National programme on elimination of silicosis – Brazil (NPES-B)
FUNDACENTRO, Brazil
YES
AMRO
Identification of Global Pnemoconioses Information Resources
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
YES
AMRO
Dissemination and implementation of the Policy and Action Plan for the eradication of
Silicosis, Asbestosis and pneumoconiosis in Colombia
Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
OHP/UEB
YES
AMRO
Brazil
Colombia
Area 2: Capacity building in diagnosis, surveillance and treatment
1.10r
GPA3.2; GPA4.3
1.10x
GPA4.3
1.7i
GPA3.2; GPA4.3
1.10t
GPA3.2
1.10v
GPA4.3
Training programmes and guidance materials for surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of
silica exposed workers globally
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
YES
AMRO
Revision of 1996 WHO Monograph: Screening and surveillance of workers exposed to
mineral dusts
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
YES
AMRO
Eradication of silicosis
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), Chile
Chile
AMRO
Silica, Silicosis, and Tuberculosis
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
AFRO
Establishment and evaluation of surveillance programmes for silicosis
Vietnam NIOEH - National Institute of Occupational and
Environmental Health
Vietnam
YES
WPRO
YES
AMRO
Area 3: Best laboratory practices for silica
1.10e
GPA3.2
Best laboratory practices globally for analysis of crystalline silica
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
1.10p
GPA3.2
Promoting a Regional Diagnosis of exposure to silica
Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile
Chile
AMRO
Area 4: Control-focused strategies and tools
1.10k
GPA2.1
Development and implementation of Silica Control Tool Kits for priority exposure situations in
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
the Americas
1.10l
GPA2.1
Implementation of Control Banding Methodology for Silica Control
Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile
Chile
AMRO
1.10i
GPA2.1
Development of Risk Management Toolkit for silicosis in small silica flour milling units
National Institute of Occupational Health, Ahmedabad, India
India
SEARO
1.10aa
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
YES
AMRO
Area 5: Increase technical knowledge and capacity in industrial hygiene
Respiratory Protection Programme Development
NIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health USA
YES
AMRO
YES
WPRO
GAPS:
Priority 1.3 - Develop and disseminate evidence-based prevention tools and raise
awareness for the elimination of ASBESTOS -related diseases
Initiative Leader - Ken Takahashi (Japan); Support - Ivan Ivanov (WHO HQ)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 13
GPA 1.3 projects
Facilitating Project: Strategies and programmes for elimination of asbestos-related
diseases (ARDs)
CC Initiative Leader: Ken Takahashi, University of
Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Contributing Projects:
Area 1: Primary Prevention - Develop technologies for abatement and substitution of
asbestos
1.10g
GPA3.2
Establishment of infrastructure to evaluate risk of asbestos exposure
Catholic Industrial Medical Centre (CIMC), Korea
2
Korea
1.10o
GPA3.2
Training on asbestos and its identification
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
1.10q
GPA3.2
Support in the methodology to train workers involved in asbestos removal activities
Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile
Chile
YES
AFRO
PAHO
Area 2: Secondary Prevention - Develop surveillance and early detection of ARDs
GPA4.3
Establishment of a malignant mesothelioma surveillance system
Catholic Industrial Medical Centre (CIMC), Korea
Korea
YES
WPRO
1.10d
GPA4.3
Detection of impaired lung function in early stages of asbestosis by means of gas diffusion
parameters
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
Germany
YES
EURO
1.10f
GPA4.3
Lung function reduction associated with different levels of occupational exposure to asbestos Center for Occupational Health at the National Institute of
particles
Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
YES
EURO
1.10a
Area 4: Monitoring Progress - Compile and report NPEAD (ILO/WHO) with periodic
review
The national strategic plan and action for prevention and control of asbestos related
diseases in Thailand
Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases,
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
Thailand
YES
SEARO
Asian Asbestos Initiative
Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences (IIES) of the
University of Occupational
and Environmental Health (UOEH), Japan
Japan
YES
WPRO
GPA2.1
Sound management of priority industrial carcinogens, including asbestos in Thailand,
Indonesia and Sri Lanka
World Health Organization (WHO HQ)
Switzerland
1.10cc
GPA2.1
Regional Asbestos Atlas of the Americas
Led by Dr Luz Maritza Tennassee (PAHO)
1.10dd
GPA2.1; GPA4.3
Epidemiological surveillance systems for the ARDs: operative tools for monitoring and
prevention
ISPESL - National Institute for Occupational Prevention and
Safety, Italy
1.10yy
GPA2.1; GPA4.3
Development of toolkit for elimination of asbestos related diseases
AFRICA Fibre Counting Scheme
1.10b
GPA4.3
1.10c
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
1.10bb
1.10w
GAPS:
WHO HQ
YES
PAHO
Italy
YES
EURO
Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences (IIES) of the
University of Occupational
and Environmental Health (UOEH), Japan
Japan
YES
WPRO
Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM), UK
UK
YES
EURO
Area 3: Tertiary Prevention - Develop effective treatment and compensation of ARDs
Priority 1.4 - Conduct studies and develop evidence-based tools and information
materials for the comprehensive protection and promotion of health for HEALTH
CARE WORKER , emphasizing HBV immunization
Initiative Leaders - Ahmed Gomaa (NIOSH), Maria Lioce-Mata (NIOSH);
Support - Susan Wilburn (WHO HQ)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 26
GPA 1.4 projects
Facilitating Project: Health worker occupational safety and health (HWOSH)
CC Initiative Leaders: Ahmed Gomaa, Maria Lioce-Mata
(NIOSH, USA)
Contributing Projects:
Area 1: Biological hazards: bloodborne (HIV, hepatitis, etc) and airborne (influenza,
TB, SARS, etc)
1.9l
GPA2.3
1.9n
GPA2.3
1.9q
GPA2.3; GPA 3.2
Risk Assessment for Health Care Workers
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), China
China
Protecting Health Care Workers in International Settings
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), USA
USA
YES
AMRO
Prevention of Needlestick Injuries in Health Care Workers
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
YES
AFRO
3
WPRO
1.9x
GPA2.3
Establishing health and safety programmes for health care workers in Vietnam
National Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health
(NIOEH), Vietnam
Vietnam
YES
WPRO
USA
YES
AMRO
1.9z
GPA2.3
Protecting health care workers from needlestick injuries in Afghanistan
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), USA
1.9dd
GPA2.3
Joint WHO-ILO Policy Guidelines for Improving Health Worker Access to HIV and TB
Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support
World Heallth Organization (WHO) / International Labour
Organization (ILO)
Switzerland
YES
WHO/ILO
GPA1.4
Training program on occupational health surveillance and prevention of blood exposures
among healthcare workers
International Healthcare Worker Safety Center (IHWSC),
University of Virginia, USA
USA
YES
WHO
Great Lakes Center, University of Ilinois, Chicago
USA
YES
AMRO
Controlling Occupational Safety and Health Hazards among Health Care Workers
JNIOSH - National Institute for Occupational Health, Japan
Japan
Prevention management programme of musculoskeletal diseases using the participatory
action oriented training (PAOT) in the health care workers
Catholic Industrial Medical Centre (CIMC), Korea
Korea
YES
WPRO
An ergonomics audit in South African public hospitals
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
YES
AFRO
1.9gg
1.9hh
Evaluation of the WHO Protecting health workers -preventing needlestick injuries program
Area 2: Musculoskeletal disorders / Ergonomics
1.9c
GPA2.3; GPA 3.2
WPRO
1.9d
GPA2.3
1.9e
GPA2.3; GPA 3.2
1.9g
GPA2.1
Job stress surveillance in health care workers
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS), Chile
Chile
PAHO
1.9t
GPA2.2
Countries in transition: how to promote health at work in health organizations
University of Zagreb - Croatia Institute of Occupational
Health (IOH), Macedonia
Croatia
EURO
1.9u
GPA2.2
How to maintain health care workers workability and quality of life
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Croatia
YES
EURO
1.9aa
GPA5.3
Changing world of work in nursing sector and migration: developing preventive strategies
ISPESL, Department of Occupational Medicine, Italy
Italy
YES
EURO
YES
PAHO
Area 3: Psychosocial hazards and work organization / Workplace violence
Area 4: Pharmaceutical and chemical risks
1.9h
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
Occupational risks in Cuban health care workers: exposure assessment, prevention, training
Clinica del Lavoro, Italy and INSAT, Cuba
and guidelines
Cuba
1.9i
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
Assessment of exposure to antineoplastic agents in pharmacy and hospital personnel
University of Munich, Germany
Germany
YES
EURO
1.9cc
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
Developing tools for the safe handling of hazardous drugs
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
USA
YES
AMRO
YES
AFRO
Area 5: Comprehensive programmes including Risk Assessment / Risk Management
tools and information
1.9j
GPA2.3; GPA 3.2
Identification and prevention of occupational risks for health care workers
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
1.9m
GPA2.1; GPA3.2
Assessment of environmental and health risks in a mega hospital
Egypt National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH)
Egypt
National University of Singapore
Singapore
YES
WPRO
EMRO
1.9p
GPA3.2
Video-Conference Seminar on usage of personal protective equipment for health care
workers
1.9r
GPA3.2
Latex allergy and asthma-risk management programme for healthcare workers
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
YES
AFRO
1.9s
GPA2.3; GPA 3.2
Enhanced diagnosis and management of pulmonary tuberculosis: flow sheet for health care
workers
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), SA
South Africa
YES
AFRO
Ufa Research Institute of Occupational Health and Human
Ecology
Republic of
Bashkortostan
(Russian
Federation)
YES
EURO
1.9v
GPA2.1; GPA2.2
Assessment of the present working conditions and specific features of promoting health,
safety, and well-being in health sector in the Republic of Bashkortostan
4
1.9w
GPA2.1
1.9y
GPA2.3; GPA3.2
1.9bb
GPA2.3
1.9ee
GPA2.2; GPA2.3
1.9ff
1.10ee
1.9ii
GPA3
GAPS:
WHO/Trade Unions Network on Implementing Workers Health Initiatives
Great Lakes Centers, USA
USA
YES
AMRO
Training of trainers on the usage of respiratory protection for health care workers in
Cambodia who work with suspected avian influenza patients
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
YES
WPRO
South Africa
YES
AFRO
UAE
YES
EMRO
USA
YES
AMRO
Colombia
YES
AMRO
USA
YES
AMRO
USA
YES
AMRO
Korea
YES
WPRO
Portugal
YES
EURO
The evaluation of immunodiagnostic tests for TB infection and determinants of such infection
University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa
in a population of South African health care workers
The comprehensive protection and promotion of health for healthcare workers in the
UAE, emphasizing hepatitis B immunization
Prevention and control of occupational hazards and risk in the healthcare sector
Partnering with the Ministry of Social Protection, WHO/PAHO and NIOSH/CDC for following
up the commitments agreed during the second regional meeting held in Bogota /2010,
including the designation of the National Commission on OH for the Health sector; and
contributing and implementing in Colombia the Joint WHO/ILO global policy guideline for
protecting health care workers and ILO’s WISE-health.
Healthcare Waste Management Train-the-Trainer Program
Objective 2: Protect and promote health at the workplace (actions 11-15)
Department of Community Medicine, United Arab Emirates
University
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
OHP/UEB
Great Lakes Center, University of Ilinois, Chicago
GPA Manager: Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain, Institute
of Work, Health and Organisations, University of
Nottingham, UK
Priority 2.1a: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH
risks for: Chemical hazards
Initiative
leaders - Dave Zalk and Henri Heussen, IOHA; Susan Wilburn (WHO)
Facilitating
Project
2.15n
CC Initiative Leader: Leslie Nickels, Great Lakes Centers
Includes 15 GPA 2.1a Facilitating Project: Toolkits and other resources to improve assessment and management of
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, USA.
projects
chemical risks at the workplace.
WHO/HQ: Evelyn Kortum
1.2, 1.4, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1,
Demonstration and evaluation of control banding applications nationally and globally
5.3
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH), USA and IOHA
2.11c
3.1, 3.2, 5.3
Development of the Chemical Control Toolkit (Korean version of web-based chemical hazard
Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
information and control measures) by modifying the HSE control banding and ILO tool kit.
2.11d
3.1, 3.2, 5.3
Implement International Chemical Control Toolkit (ICCT) In Portugal and in some African
countries not yet identified.
Centre of Environmental and Occupational Health National
Institute of Health – Porto,
2.11e
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
Application and expansion of Control Banding of chemicals and dust on small and middlescale enterprises (SMEs) in China.
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control,
Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
Risk Management of Chemicals: Chemical Toolkit Pilot-Project Implementation.
FUNDACENTRO
Department of Occupational Health, Fudan University,
Shanghai
2.13c
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.15q
3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.11b
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.15p
3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.13a
1.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.11q
2.11r
2.11s
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.11t
1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 5.3
2.11a
3.2, 5.3
Demonstration and evaluation of control banding application in small scale enterprises (SSEs)
Sound Chemicals Management for a Healthier Environment in South and Southeast Asia
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri
Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
Bakers allergy and asthma - Risk Management Toolkit
China
WPRO
Brazil
AMRO
China
WPRO
India
YES
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit,
University of Cape Town
South Africa
YES
Development of an advanced model for regulatory exposure assessment (Advanced REACH
Tool - ART)
Stoffenmanager 4.5: New and Extended Version.
Stoffenmanager Construction Toolkit
Stoffenmanager Paint and Printing Ink Manufacturing Industry Toolkit
Development of Toolkits for Safe Solvent Use in Industry Sectors Involved with Carbon
Tetrachloride (CTC) Phaseout.
TNO
Netherlands
TNO
IOHA
IOHA
Netherlands
Global
Global
New challenges and new methods in bio-monitoring
INRS
Sri Ramachandra University
5
SEARO
AFRO
EURO
EURO
YES
YES
India
YES
SEARO
France
YES
EURO
2.11f
3.2, 5.3
Development of analytical diagnostic tools for occupational isocyanate asthma
Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Hamburg
Germany
YES
EURO
Germany
YES
EURO
EURO
Note: Two training programs for control banding are located in GPA3.2
Priority 2.1b: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH
risks for: Physical hazards
Initiative leaders - Leslie Nickels; Susan Wilburn (WHO)
Facilitating
Project
CC Initiative Leader: Leslie Nickels, Great Lakes Centers
Includes 4 GPA 2.1b Facilitating Project: Toolkits and other resources to improve assessment and management of
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, USA.
projects
physical risks at the workplace.
WHO/HQ: Susan Wilburn
2.15e
1.1, 3.2, 5.3
Code of conduct for noise control in the music- and entertainment sector
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
2.12c
1.1, 3.2, 5.3
Compendium on hearing conservation for professionals in music- and entertainment sector
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
2.15u
3.2, 5.3
Assessing UV exposure: measurements and prediction of individual exposure
Institut universitaire romand de Santé au Travail (IST)
2.11u
3.2, 5.3
Development of Toolkits for High Occupational Temperatures and Productivity Suppression. Sri Ramachandra University
Priority 2.1c: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH
risks for: Healthcare Sector hazards
Includes 5 GPA 2.1c
projects, all coded to
GPA1.4
Facilitating
Project
2.15t
2.15z
2.11l
2.13h
2.11p
2.15aa
2.15ab
2.2, 5.3
2.15j
2.2, 3.2
2.11x
3.2, 4,2
Threat to life and physical integrity at the workplace: consequences on mental health and
Clinica del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto”, Milan
prevention
Guidelines for bullying at work - Specific toolkits for the prevention of workplace bullying
Clinica del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto”, Milan
Psychosocial risk of health professionals: Identify psychosocial risk of health professionals in
Institute of Research in Occupational Health. University of Gua
order to generate illness prevention and health occupational programs
Priority 2.1e: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH
risks for: Work-related hazards for Musculoskeletal Injuries
Initiative leaders - Wendy Macdonald; Evelyn Kortum (WHO)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 4 GPA 2.1e Facilitating Project: Toolkits and other resources to improve management of work-related
projects
musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) and other OSH risks
2.11h
2.1b, 2.2
2.11k
2.1b, 2.2, 4.2
YES
YES
EURO
India
YES
SEARO
Initiative leaders - Dave Zalk, Henri Heussen; Susan Wilburn (WHO)
See GPA1.4 for five toolkit projects related to healthcare workers: GPA 1.9l, 1.9n, 1.9q, 1.9x and 1.9z
Priority 2.1d: Develop practical toolkits for the assessment and management of OH
risks for: Psychological hazards
Initiative leaders - Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain; Evelyn Kortum (WHO)
CC Initiative Leader: Stavroula Leka and Aditya Jain,
Includes 8 GPA 2.1d Facilitating Project: Toolkits and other resources to improve assessment and management of
Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, University of
projects
psychosocial risks at the workplace.
Nottingham, UK.
Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of
2.2, 3.2, 4.2, 5.2
Psychosocial Risk Management Toolkit
Nottingham
Occupational Health Centre of the Municipal Institute of
2.2, 5.2
Collaboration in the development of practical psychosocial risk management toolkit
Health of Barcelona
Adaptation, validation and training in the use of a diagnostic tool to detect prevalence of
CINBIOSE CANADA with Centro de Estudios de la mujer
2.2, 4.2
psychosocial risk factors in the workplace.
3.2, 4.2
Study of psychosocial risks in Malaysian context
University of South Australia
2.2, 4.2
Psychosocial stress in the workplace with regard to burnout and gender
Institute of Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Hamburg
Practical toolkits for assessment of work stress
Occupational Safety and Health Council, Hong Kong
Prevention of workplace violence via Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Kit, Training, and On-line risk
Occupational Safety and Health Council, Hong Kong
assessment of workplace violence (English & Chinese)
2.14b
Germany
Switzerland
Hazard surveillance to manage musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) risk
Toolkits for managing the risk of musculoskeletal injuries and disorders (MSDs).
CC Initiative Leader: Wendy Macdonald, Centre for
Research and Teaching in Occupational Ergonomics, Health
& Safety, La Trobe University, Australia
WHO/HQ: Evelyn Kortum
Centre for Research & Teaching in Occupational
Ergonomics, Health & Safety, La Trobe University
International Ergonomics Association
6
UK
EURO
Spain
EURO
YES
AMRO
Australia
Germany
China
Canada
YES
YES
WPRO
EURO
WPRO
China
YES
WPRO
Italy
YES
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Mexico
YES
AMRO
Australia
YES
Australia
WPRO
WPRO
2.11n
2.1b, 2.2
2.15r
2.1b, 2.2
Prevention of WMSDs: observational tools for the assessment and management of
occupational physical risks for the musculoskeletal system, focusing on difficult working
sectors.
Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders
CC-OMS Clinica del Lavoro L. Devoto, University of Milan
National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH)
Italy
YES
EURO
South Africa
YES
AFRO
Singapore
YES
WPRO
Singapore
YES
WPRO
Priority 2.2: Healthy Workplace programmes and guidance to inform country
frameworks. Initiative leaders - CC: Abeytunga, (CCOHS); Fernando Coelho(SESI);
WHO: Evelyn Kortum; Marie-Claude Lavoie(PAHO)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 21 GPA 2.2 Facilitating Project: Development of a country frameworks and guidance on healthy
projects
workplaces.
2.11j
2.1a, 5.3
2.11j-1
2.1a, 5.3
2.11o
1.1
2.13l
3.2, 5.3
2.14f
2.1d, 3.2
2.15l
2.13j
2.15d
2.13i
Development of a Workplace Safety and Health Appraisal Tool
National model enterprises for occupational disease prevention and control
Clinica del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto”, Milan
Institute of Management, School of Buisness
Health and Safety Laboratory
1.4, 2.1d, 4.2
Inventory of national guidance documents on job stress management and health promotion.
Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
Korea
Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai
China
SESI – Industrial Social Service National Department
Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of
Nottingham
Centre for Research and Teaching in Occupational
Ergonomics, Health & Safety, La Trobe University
European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, Madrid.
Institute of Management IFU, School of Business
Industrial Accident Prevention Association, (IAPA)
Industrial Accident Prevention Association, (IAPA)
IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment
and Human Factors at TU Dortmund University
Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances
(IRET)
IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment
and Human Factors at TU Dortmund University
University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Occupational
Health Program.
WHO Global Occupational Health Programme
Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, Ghana Health Se
Brazil
4.2
2.1d, 2.1e, 4.2
2.13p
3.2, 4.2
2.15a
4.2
2.1d
Workplace health promotion demonstraton program in different types of enterprises in
Shanghai
SESI – Healthy Industry Program
Corporate Social Responsibility and Occupational Safety and Health: a potent contrivance to
achieve the Millennium Development Goals
Occupational safety and health system management: the challenge of global diversity
Effectiveness evaluation system in occupational health management (EES)
Pilot project on WHP for SME with a focus on small enterprises
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in Mexican Industry.
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in Brazilian Industry.
2.13g
2.1d, 4.2
Guidelines for shiftwork
2.12b
2.3, 5.3
Health promotion programs for selected groups in Central America
2.13k
4.2
2.13m
2.1, 3.1, 5.2
Aged persons and their occupational skills: development of methods for the prevention of
impairments
Implementation of a comprehensive health, safety and well-being workplace program within
PAHO
Global Framework and Global Guidance on Healthy Workplaces
Towards Comprehensive workplace Programmes in the Ghanaian Workplace
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
China
2.1d, 4.2
2.1d, 3.2
2.1d, 4.2
2.14c
2.13n
2.13q
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control,
Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
Occupational safety and health services in small scale industries in Japan.
Promoting and Protecting Mental Health - Supporting Policy through Integration of Research,
Current Approaches and Practices
Flexible working hours as a tool for increasing workers’ health and well-being.
SWING: Stress prevention project.
Increasing physical activity: designing and testing a workplace intervention.
2.13o
2.11i
2.13d
2.13e
2.13f
Development of an OSH Performance Rating System
CC Initiative Leaders: Abeytunga, CCOHS, Canada;
Fernando Coelho, SESI, Brazil; WHO HQ: Evelyn Kortum;
WHO PAHO Marie-Claude Lavoie
Occupational Safety and Health Division, Ministry of
Manpower
Occupational Safety and Health Division, Ministry of
Manpower
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
WPRO
Japan
WPRO
Germany
YES
EURO
Italy
Switzerland
UK
YES
YES
YES
EURO
EURO
EURO
WPRO
WPRO
YES
AMRO
Australia
YES
WPRO
Spain
Switzerland
Canada
Canada
YES
YES
EURO
EURO
AMRO
AMRO
Germany
YES
EURO
Costa Rica
YES
AMRO
UK
EURO
Germany
EURO
USA
YES
AMRO
Global
Ghana
YES
WHO HQ
AFRO
Croatia
YES
EURO
Priority 2.3 - Develop toolkits for the assessment and management of global health
threats including HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza, emphasizing vulnerable
groups, in particular migrant workers
Initiative leaders - Jadranka Mustajbegovic, Croatia; Susan Wilburn (WHO)
2.14e
5.3
PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS AMONG MIGRANT WORKERS
Department for Environmental & Occupational Health Andrija
Stampar School of Public Health, School of Medicine
University of Zagreb, Croatia
7
2.12f
5.3
SWIFT– Sustainable Waste Management Initiative For A Healthier Tomorrow - A
Comprehensive, Sustainable Approach Focused On The Determinants Of Social Exclusion,
Poverty And Health In The Roma, Ashkali And Egyptians In Belgrade, Serbia
WHO Country Office in Serbia
Serbia
EURO
Objective 3: to improve the performance of and access to occupational health services Managers: Kaj Husman, FIOH and Leslie Nickels, UIC
Priority 3.1: 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.
Initiative leaders - Kaj Husman, FIOH, Finland
Facilitating
Project
Includes 17 GPA 3.1 Facilitating Project: Organization and Delivery of Occupational Health Services in Primary
projects
Health
3.16a
1.1
Good practice in occupational health services
3.16i
1.1
East Asian Network for Development of Occupational Health Research and Services Model
3.16j
3.16k
SHERQ programme for the Public Health Service in South Africa
3.2
3.16l
1.1
3.17d
1.1
3.17f
1.1
3.18o
3.2
3.18p
Development an expansion of a pilot project for occupational health services in China
Development of innovative models for organization and provision of occupational health
services in South East Europe
“Occupational Health Latin-American Forum”
Policy advice, training of trainers, support pilot projects and provide practical guidelines for
BOHS
Development and integration of Basic Occupational Health Services into Primary Health Care
in Southern India
Occupational Health and Safety Quality Assurance for Primary Health Care Unit
3.18q
1.1
The Development of Basic Occupational Health Service (BOHS) model for underserved
working population in Thai Primary Care Units
3.18t
1.1
Organization and delivery of BOHS for underserved populations in Vietnam
3.16n
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control,
Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
Institute of Occupational Health, WHO Collaborating Center,
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, Madrid
ICOH
Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Sri
Ramachandra University, Chennai, India
Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases,
Thailand
Bureau of Occupational and Environmental Diseases,
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in
Vietnam, National Institute of Occupational & Environmental
Norway
EURO
Japan
YES
WPRO
South Africa
YES
AFRO
China
WPRO
Macedonia
YES
EURO
Spain
YES
EURO
Global
YES
WHO HQ
India
YES
SEARO
Thailand
YES
WPRO
Thailand
YES
WPRO
Vietnam
YES
WPRO
TNO Quality of Life / Work & Employment
Global
WHO HQ
1.1
Occupational health and primary health care
WHO Global Occupational Health Programme
Global
WHO HQ
1.1
Development and Implementation of a Basic Occupational Health Service Intervention
Program in Indonesia
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health
3.16q
3.16p
3.16r
Norwegian National Institue of Occupational Health
Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences (IIES), UOEH,
Japan
NIOH, South Africa
Blind spot in health care for work-relatedness ̶ Revitalizing Ramazzini’s legacy
3.19f
3.19u
CC Initiative Leaders: Kaj Husman (Finnish Institute for
Occupational Health)
Worker’s health protection project
1.1
SHERQ programme for the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) in South Africa
Integration of occupational health services into primary health care system in Turkey
General Department of Preventive Medicine and
Environmental Health (GDPMEH)- Ministry of Health of
Vietnam
NIOH, South Africa
Occupational Health and Safety Institute (İSGÜM) Turkey
USA
YES
Vietnam
South Africa
Turkey
AMRO
WPRO
YES
AFRO
EMRO
YES
EURO
Priority 3.2: Adapt and disseminate curricula, training materials and training for
international capacity building in OH
Initiative
leaders - Jonny Meyers (COEH, UCT) and Linda Grainger (COEH, UCT and ICOH)
Facilitating
Project
3.16e
Includes 33 GPA 3.2a
Facilitating Project: Capacity building
projects
Development of core curriculum in occupational health
CC Initiative Leaders: Jonny Myers (Centre for Occupational
and Environmental Health Research, School of Public
Health, University of Cape Town) and Linda Grainger (Centre
for Occupational and Environmental Health Research,
School of Public Health University of Cape Town; ICOH
Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne, Switzerland and
Institute of Radiological Health, Belgrade, Serbia
8
Switzerland and
Serbia
Utility of competencies acquired during specialization training in occupational medicine
evaluation a self-assessment tool
3.16h
3.19a
NetWoRM – Netbased training of work-related medicine
3.19b
Electronic lesson on evidence-based medicine for occupational health professionals
3.19s
3.19t
3.18c
3.18d
3.18e
2.2
3.18i
3.18j
3.18m
2.1
3.18n
3.18r
3.18v
3.18w
3.19c
2.2
3.16d
2.2
3.17b
1..4
3.17e
3.18g
3.18h
2.1
3.18s
2.2
3.18x
3.19n
3.18y
1.4
3.19j
1.4
3.18z
3.18aa
2.1
3.18ab
3.1
3.18ad
3.16o
3.17g
Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai
Poland
EURO
Germany
YES
EURO
Netherlands
YES
EURO
China
China
South Africa
France
Italy
WPRO
YES
YES
WPRO
AFRO
EURO
EURO
USA
YES
AMRO
France
YES
EURO
YES
AMRO
WPRO
AMRO
UK
USA
Korea
Canada
EURO
YES
Egypt
EMRO
Spain
YES
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Benin
AFRO
Japan
YES
Professional capacity building in occupational health and safety
SESI- Industrial Social Service National Department, Brasilia
Brazil
YES
AMO
Fundamentals of occupational health and safety
Organizing and conducting courses for health workers, technicians, and public health
workers on assessment and management of occupational risks in Vietnam
GLC-SPH-UIC, USA
USA
YES
AMRO
Viet Nam
YES
WPRO
USA
YES
AMRO
USA
YES
AMRO
"International Program in Occupational Health Practice" Certificate Online Program
Translate portable digital course modules in OEH from English into both Spanish and
Portuguese and secure mechanisms for delivery of modules to resource limited academic
institutions in Latin America.
Basic occupational health services in Afghanistan
Access to occupational safety & health information in the SADC Region and in Portuguesespeaking countries (Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique)
Capacity Building in Occupational Hygiene utilizing online capabilities
Development and dissemination of introductory and advanced level training modules in
control banding and its toolkits
Training for international capacity building in occupational health
Public health surveillance capacity building training program
Includes 8 GPA 3.2b
Facilitating Project: Capacity building through IBOSH
projects
5.3
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational
Environmental Medicine, University of Munich, Ziemssentser,
Germany
Coronel Institute of Occupational Health AMC University of
Amsterdam
Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai
NIOH, SA
INRS, France
ISPESL, Italy
Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental
Short/intensive course curriculum in occupational health (various topics)
Health. The University of Texas School of Public Health
Workplace first aid educators and instructors training
INRS France
Development of training packages for the Psychosocial Risk Management toolkit, deliverable Institute of Work, Health and Organizations, University of
Nottingham
through e-learning and face-to-face.
GeoLibrary: Database of teaching materials and practice tools
Great Lakes Centers, University of Illinois at Chicago SPH
Technical assistance and training program for developing countries in Asia
Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency
Interdisciplinary courses for occupational and environmental health professionals
CINBIOSE Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Occupational Health Department High Institute of Public
Two phases approach to update formal professional training of occupational health and
Health Alexandria Egypt
safety in Egypt and the Arab world
European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, Madrid,
Integral management in environmental, quality and occupational health
Spain
Education and training in risk assessment and risk analysis at a master’s level
ICPS, Italy
Human resource development in occupational health and safety project: training of nurses
specialized in occupational health and safety in Benin Republic and African francophone
CC URESTE/LUSTE University of Abomey Calavi (Benin)
countries
Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of OEH,
International training of occupational and environmental health experts
Japan
Distance learning in ergonomics for Portuguese speaking countries in Africa
2.2
3.19r
Facilitating
Project
Contemporary Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, a Reference Book to
professionals and allied personnel
Basic Toxicology, A Textbook for high education to public health students
Developing capacity in biological monitoring in occupational and environmental health
E-Training in occupational risk prevention for prevention organizers in Africa
METROnet: joint training program
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz Poland
Occupational Health Service Support for small enterprises(SSE) to promote their ability to enhance
health status of workers
An online platform for capacity building for the BOHS
National institute of Occupational Health
Centre of Environmental and Occupational Health National
Institute of Health, Porto, Portugal
GLC-SPH-UIC, USA
University of Michigan
NIOSH
Portugal
WPRO
EURO
USA
YES
EMRO
South Africa
YES
AFRO
IOHA
IOHA
YES
WHO
IOHA
IOHA
YES
WHO
UAE
Grenada,
Carribean
YES
EMRO
YES
AMRO
NIOH, SA
United Arab Emirates University
St. George's University, Department of Public Health and
Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Grenada
CC Initiative Leaders: Frank van Dijk Coronel Institute for
Occupational Health, AMC and John Harrison NHS, UK
Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
Korea
WPRO
Coronel Institute for Occupational Health, AMC
Netherlands
AMRO
9
3.18k
OHS capacity development , Research, training, and service
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit University of
Cape Town, South Africa
3.19i
Module of continuous training for occupational Health physicians
Institute of Occupational Health and Safety - Tunisia -ISST
Support of peer-reviewed, Spanish-language Scientific Occupational
The University of Texas School of Public Health, USA
3.19m
3.19o
5.3
Training of trainers to provide better occupational health services to blue-collar working population in
the province of Riau, Indonesia
National University of Singapore
3.19p
2.1
International education and training in occupational health psychology
Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of Nottingham
GPA Objective 4: to provide and communicate evidence for action and practice
(actions 20-23)
GPA Manager: Jo Harris-Roberts and Ed Robinson, HSL,
UK
South Africa
YES
Tunisia
AFRO
AFRO
USA
YES
AMRO
Singapore
YES
WPRO
UK
EURO
Priority 4.1: Encourage practical research on emerging issues, including nanomaterials and climate change.
Initative
Leaders - Rosemary Gibson, HSL, UK and Vlad Murashov, NIOSH; WHO/HQ - Ivan
Ivanov
Facilitating
Project
Includes 11 GPA 4
projects
4.21l
Facilitating Project: Coordination of CC Nanotechnology Projects
CC Initiative Leader (name and affiliation) responsible for
included projects
How to assess the adequacy of safety measures for manufactured nanoparticles
Institute for Work and Health, Lausanne
4.21m
Best practices globally for working with nanomaterials
4.21n
Nano-Comms: A Technical Observatory for the dissemination of information regarding
nanoparticle health and safety issues
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
(NIOSH),
Switzerland
YES
EURO
USA
YES
AMRO
Health and Safety Laboratory, UK
UK
4.21o
Assessing the Hazard of Nanomaterials
Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
UK
YES
EURO
4.21p
NanOSH Italy
ISPESL – Dept. of Occupational Medicine
4.21q
Development of database for individuals working with engineered nanomaterials
NUS Singapore
4.21v
Assessing the Hazard of Nanoparticles and Communicating the Risks: SAFENANO
Institute of Occupational Medicine (IOM)
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Singapore
YES
WPRO
UK
YES
EURO
4.21ao
Application of practical research to help ensure that the OHS Regulatory Framework and
OHS management effectively covers issues associated with nanotechnology
Safe Work Australia
Australia
4.21av
New knowledge development on nanotechnologies
IRSST, Canada
Canada
YES
AMRO
4.21as
Participation in ISO TC 229/WG 3 /PG 8 "Guidelines for occupational risk management
applied to engineered nanomaterials based on a control banding approach"
IOHA
-
YES
WPRO
Netherlands
YES
4.21at
Stoffenmanager Nano, version 1.0
4.22m
Sustainability and risk management for occupational safety - part 3 industrial hygiene
4.22o
Facilitating
Project
Nanotechnology and its potential impact upon workers´ health and safety
Includes 4 GPA 4
projects
Facilitating Project: Climate change and Workers Health
TNO Quality of Life / Work & Employment
the International Ergonomics Association (IEA). Équipe de
recherche en sécurité du travail (ÉREST)
FUNDACENTRO – Brazil
Canada
EURO
AMRO
Brazil
YES
YES
AMRO
CC Initiative Leader - Jo Harris-Roberts, Ed Robinson, HSL
UK
IGNIS - Income generation and climate by valorising municipal solid wastes in a sustainable
way in emerging megacities
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA),
Germany
4.21ap
Emerging OHS issues associated with climate change.
Safe Work Australia
Australia
4.21aq
The impact of climate change on workers health
Health and Safety Laboratory, UK
4.21ar
Impact of climate change on occupational health and safety
IRSST, Canada
4.21s
WPRO
10
EURO
WPRO
UK
YES
EURO
Canada
YES
AMRO
4.21au
Energy for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
SGU, Grenada
Grenada, Carribean
YES
AMRO
Priority 4.2: Further develop the global research agenda for workers’ health. Output:
Research report matrix to identify relevant gaps in research.
Initative Leaders - Jo HarrisRoberts, Ed Robinson, HSL, UK; WHO/HQ: Ivan Ivanov
Facilitating
Project
Includes 50 GPA
projects in the below Facilitating Project: Global research Matrix
list
CC Initiative Leader - Jo Harris-Roberts, Ed Robinson, HSL
UK
Potential for all GPA4 (and other GPA) projects to contribute
through knowledge sharing exercise - therefore, individual
projects not listed
GPA Objective 4: to provide and communicate evidence for action and practice (actions 2023)
GPA Manager: Jo Harris-Roberts and Ed Robinson, HSL, UK
4.20a
Study of global health in the work environment: cardio vascular and mental health risk
Institute of Occuapational Health Tunisia
4.20b
Occupational disease surveillance and other indicators of occupational health practice
4.20c
4.20d
4.20e
Czech national occupational health profile. Indicators of exposure and health outcomes
Centre for Occupational Health at the National Institute of
Public Health, Czech Republic
4.20f
Development Of Public Health Indicators For Reporting Environmental/Occupational Risks
Related To Agriculture And Fishery (2004-2007).
ICPS, Italy
4.20g
Surveillance of occupational accidents aboard Danish merchant ships and fishing vessels
Research Unit of Maritime Medicine, Denmark
Denmark
4.20i
Elaboration of a European Guide to support the new European Directive 2003/10/EEC on
the requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from the physical
agent noise
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA),
Germany
YES
EURO
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
Germany
YES
EURO
Japan National Institute of Occupational Health (JNIOSH)
Japan
National Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health
(NIOEH), Vietnam
Viet Nam
Australia
4.20m
4.20o
4.20p
Tunisia
EMRO
National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), South Africa
South Africa
AFRO
Regional, national and local profiles and indicators
Central American Institute for Studies on Toxic Substances
(IRET), Costa Rica
Costa Rica
YES
AMRO
Information System in Occupational Health and Safety
SESI- Industrial Social Service National Department, Brasilia
Brazil
YES
AMRO
Czech Republic
YES
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Evidence based guidelines for the prevention of occupational asthma
Active surveillance of occupational diseases and exposures – a web-based information
system
Development of a database system for occupational health & working environment
monitoring in Vietnam
4.20q
Comparative Performance Monitoring (CPM)
Safe Work Australia
4.20r
The occupational component of the Global Burden of Disease
Safe Work Australia
4.20t
New chemical health risks hazards in transportation and warehousing of marine cargo due to Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine, Hamburg,
the process of globalization.
Germany
Germany
4.21a
Developing indicators for occupational health activities in Bulgaria
Bulgaria
4.21b
4.21c
Development and validation of quality indicators for national registration systems of
occupational diseases: a European study
Bladder Cancer Documentation of Causes: the Multilingual Questionnaire “Bladder Cancer
Doc”
4.21d
SOLAR – Study on Occupational Allergy Risks
4.21e
The back project
National Centre of Public Health Protection, Bulgaria
Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, NL
Institute for Occupational Physiology at Dortmund University,
Federal Republic of Germany
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, Univ of Munich
Research Unit of Maritime Medicine, Denmark
11
EURO
WPRO
YES
WPRO
WPRO
Australia
WPRO
YES
EURO
EURO
Netherlands
YES
EURO
Germany
YES
EURO
Germany
YES
EURO
Denmark
EURO
4.21f
4.21g
4.21h
Interaction between occupational and genetic factors on lumbar disc degeneration
Fudan University School of Public Health, Shanghai
Economic Evaluation of Interventions to Reduce Occupational Back Pain: A Prospective
Case Study for Porters in the Wholesale Produce Market in Brazil
Examination of the stress of the lumbar spine caused by whole-body vibration with variable
frequency, magnitude and direction
Department of Work Environment, University of
Massachusetts Lowell (UML)
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Berlin
(BAuA)
Department of Occupational Health, Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
4.21i
Epidemiological Study of Occupational Injuries in an Iron & Steel Complex
4.21j
Strengthening of occupational and environmental health research in Central America and the
IRET, Costa Rica
Caribbean
4.21k
Contributing to the evidence on occupational health
4.21r
Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health to Reduce Toxic
Exposure in Latin America and the Caribbean
China
WPRO
USA
AMRO
Germany
YES
China
Costa Rica
EURO
WPRO
YES
Australia
AMRO
4.21u
Study of professional exposure to organic solvents in Tunisia
Safe Work Australia
CINBIOSE - Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Biology,
Health, Environment and Society (CINBIOSE), University of
Quebec at Montreal Canada
Institute of Occupational Health Tunisia
Tunisia
EMRO
4.21w
Sleep deprivation indicators in drivers of vehicles at workplace
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Chile
AMRO
4.21x
Efficacy of a psychological program to help workers that suffered accidents, assaults,
emergencies or crisis at work
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Chile
AMRO
4.21y
Research, occupational health, environmental health
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Chile
AMRO
4.21z
Occupational and environmental health journal for Latin America
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Chile
AMRO
4.21aa
Shift time work
NIOH, Dept of Medicine and Epidemiology, NIOH Norway
Norway
EURO
4.21ab
Social inequalities in health
NIOH, Dept of Medicine and Epidemiology, The Norwegian Ins
Norway
EURO
Canada
SEARO
YES
AMRO
4.21ac
Work-related health inequalities in Spain
Public Health Agency of Barcelona
Spain
EURO
4.21ad
Impact of long working hours in health status
Public Health Agency of Barcelona
Spain
EURO
4.21ae
Study on perception of quality of life of Chilean workers
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Chile
AMRO
4.21af
Metals and health: Manganese and welding
NIOH Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Norway
EURO
4.21aj
Psychological and social factors at work and participation in work-life
Norway
EURO
4.21s
Risk factors and prevention of occupational asthma and rhinitis
Germany
4.21al
Risk Assessment of Chemical Hazards
NIOH Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational and
Environmental Medicine, University of Munich, Ziemssenstr.
1 D 80336 Munich
NIOH Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
Germany
Australia
4.21am
Stress and fatigue in seafaring and other maritime industries
4.21an
National Hazard Exposure Worker Surveillance Survey (NHEWS)
Safe Work Australia
4.22e
Recruiting young scientests and engineers to occupational hygiene
Great Lakes Center, Univ Illinois at Chicago, USA
4.22f
OSH Answers Service
CCOHS, Canada
Study and recommendation tool on mental health risks and disorders at the workplace
Institute of Management IFU, School of Business,
Switzerland
4.22g
4.22i
4.22j
Modernet, a network for development of new techniques for discovering trends in occupatioNetherlands Center for Occupational Diseases/Coronel Institu
Development of a Compendium for the application of ergonomic design criteria and testing
the usability of products
Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA), G
12
YES
Norway
EURO
EURO
YES
EURO
WPRO
USA
YES
AMRO
Canada
YES
AMRO
Switzerland
YES
EURO
Netherlands
YES
EURO
Germany
YES
EURO
4.22k
4.22l
4.22n
4.20j
4.20k
Sustainability and risk management for occupational safety - part 1: integrated risk
management
Sustainability and risk management for occupational safety - part 2 Safety design of
equipment and workstation
International Ergonomics Association (IEA). Équipe de
recherche en sécurité du travail (ÉREST)
International Ergonomics Association (IEA). Équipe de
recherche en sécurité du travail (ÉREST)
Sustainability and risk management for occupational safety ‐ part 4 design of protective equipment
International Ergonomics Association (IEA). Équipe de
recherche en sécurité du travail (ÉREST)
Canada
AMRO
Canada
AMRO
Creating awareness and training for the implementation and follow‐up of the Policy, Action Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
OHP/UEB
Plan and Surveillance System for the prevention of Occupational Cancer in Colombia
Colombia
Creating and publishing the Colombian Cancer Index System ‐ Colombia CAREX
Colombia
Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
OHP/UEB
AMRO
Canada
YES
AMRO
YES
AMRO
YES
AMRO
Priority 4.3: Revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and
Related Health Problems (ICD) to include occupational causes in the eleventh
edition.Output: Occupational health and diseasecomponents added to ICD-11.
Initative
Leaders - Jo Harris-Roberts, Ed Robinson, HSL, UK; WHO/HQ: Ivan Ivanov
Facilitating
Project
Includes All GPA 4
projects in the below Facilitating Project: Revision of ICD
list
CC Initiative Leader - Jo Harris-Roberts, Ed Robinson, HSL
UK
GPA Objective 4: to provide and communicate evidence for action and practice (actions 2023)
GPA Manager: Jo Harris-Roberts and Ed Robinson, HSL, UK
Thisrepresents a specific WHO initiative in line with Priority 4 of the GPA. The work is being conducted by a specific task group of individuals and organisations (CC's) as opposed to individual contributing projects. Therefore, no ocntributing projects will be listed here.
Contributing to WHO in the revision of the International Classification of Diseases ICD to
4.23a
include occupational diseases within its 11 edition and the update of its 10 edition.
Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
OHP/UEB
Objective 5: to incorporate workers' health into non-health policies and projects actions 24-28 (plus 9)
Managers: Wendy Macdonald, La Trobe University,
Australia
th
th
Colombia
Priority 5.1 - Collateand conduct cost-benefit studies to clarify the economic benefits
of workers' health
Initative leaders: Jos
Verbeek (FIOH) Finland, Diana Gagliardi (ISPESL), Italy
Facilitating
Project
Includes 2 GPA 5.1
projects
5.24
GPA 1.1, 4.1, 4.2
5.24b
GPA 1.1, 4.1, 4.2
Facilitating Project: Review and summary of cost-benefit studies to clarify the economic
benefits of workers’ health
CC Initiative Leaders: Jos Verbeek (FIOH) Finland; Diana
Gagliardi (ISPESL) Italy
ECOSH: Economic dimensions of occupational safety and health
Finnish Institute for Occupational Health
National analysis of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALY) in relation to occupational diseases
ISPESL – Dept. of Occupational Medicine
and injuries and indication of prevention strategies in workplaces
Finland
EURO
Italy
EURO
Priority 5.2 - Develop specific and relevant recommendations to manage risks
associated with the impacts of globalization on workers' health
Initative leader: David Rees, NIOH, South Africa
Facilitating
Project
Includes 4 GPA 5.2
projects
5.24a
GPA 1.1, 4.1, 4.2
5.24a-1
GPA 3.1
Facilitating Project: Recommendations to manage risks associated with the effects of
globalization on workers’ health
Global situation analysis and recommendations to manage risk
Globalization in Occupational Health in Shanghai China
CC Initiative Leader: David Rees, NIOH, South Africa
National Institute of Occupational Health, South Africa and
Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe
Unversity, Australia
Department of Occupational Health, Fudan University and
Shanghai Municipal Center of Disease Prevention and
Control
13
South Africa
YES
AFRO
China
YES
WPRO
5.26a
GPA 1.1, 4.1
5.26b
GPA 3.1
Changing patterns in employment and its impact in occupational health in South American
countries
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad (ACHS) Chile
Chile
AMRO
The requirement analysis of occupational safety and health for migrant workers: ongoing
globalization and changing employment patterns in China
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control,
Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing
China
WPRO
Priority 5.3 - Develop and implement toolkits and oher resources for the assessment
and management of OSH hazards in high risk industry sectors and for vulnerable
worker groups
Initative leaders:
Catherine Beaucham (NIOSH, USA) supported by Claudio Colosio (Uni if Milan, Italy),
Lygia Budnik (Uni of Hamburg, Germany), Owen Evans (La Trobe Uni, Australia);
Partners: Susan Gunn (IPEC ILO), Annie Rice (SafeWork, ILO)
Facilitating
Project
Includes 26 GPA 5.3Facilitating Project: Development and implementation of toolkits for the assessment and
1 projects management of occupational safety and health hazards in high risk industry sectors.
Hazardous sectors
(A) Agriculture
5.28e
GPA 2.1, 3.2
5.28h
GPA 2.1, 3.2, 4.1
5.28j
GPA 1.1, 2.1, 3.2
GPA 2.1
5.28l
GPA 2.1
“Ergonomics Checkpoints in Agriculture” – A toolkit for developing countries
5.28m
GPA 2.1
Development of risk assessment guidelines for agricultural workers.
5.27f
GPA 2.1, 3.2
GPA 2.1, 3.2
5.27h
GPA 2.1, 3.2
5.27i
GPA 2.1
5.27j
GPA 1.1
5.27k
5.27m
GPA 2.1, 3.1
GPA 3.1
5.27n
GPA 2.2
5.24c
5.24d
GPA 2.1
5.27b
GPA 2.1
5.28g
GPA 1.1, 4.2
5.28r
GPA4
5.28b
GPA 2.1, 3.2
5.28i
GPA 3.2
CC Initiative Leader for Agriculture Sector projects: Claudio
Colosio, Univ Milan
Improving the working environment in cutting and extraction of wood in south-central state of
FUNDACENTRO – Brazil
Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil
Exposure assessment and occupational health in petrochemical industry, banana production WHO Collaborating Centre in Occupational Healths, Clinica
del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto”, Milano, Italy
and floriculture in Ecuador
Occupational and Environmental Health Research Unit,
Control of Occupational hazards associated with pesticides in agriculture
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Lung disease in Agriculture – tools for assessment of exposure, burden of disease and
Hamburg, Germany
prevention
5.28k
5.27g
CC Initiative Leader: Catherine Beaucham NIOSH US
Pesticide use, Health and Environment – Uganda 2010-13
Pesticide, Health and Environment – Plagbol III - 2010-13 - Bolivia
Sustainable Capacity building for African Pesticide Regulators to reduce occupational
pesticide risks
IEA
International Centre for Pesticides and Health Risk
Prevention, Milan Italy.
Clinic of Occupational and Environmental Health, Odense
University Hospital, Denmark
Clinic of Occupational and Environmental Health, Odense
University Hospital, Denmark
Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research,
University of Cape Town
International Centre for Rural Health, Milan Italy (ICRH)
Creation of Exposure and Risk Profiles for risk assessment and management in Agriculture.
Developing diagnostic and exposure criteria for occupational diseases in agriculture and rural
International Centre for Rural Health, Milan Italy (ICRH)
areas
Providing Agricultural Workers with Primary Occupational Health Care
International Centre for Rural Health, Milan Italy (ICRH)
Creation of a Global Rural Health Network
International Centre for Rural Health, Milan Italy (ICRH)
St. George's University, Department of Public Health and
Addressing Occupational Health Problems Among Nutmeg Factories Workers
Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Grenada
Strengthening the Latin American Network in Rural Health and launching the Rural Health
Occupational Health Program/ El Bosque University
Portal
OHP/UEB
CC Initiative Leader for Transport Sector projects: Lygia
(B) Transport
Budnik Inst Oc and Maritime Med Hamburg
Establishment of an international working group for the utilisation of telemedicine to reduce Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
health risks of seafarers
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Road safety toolkits for organizations whose employees travel abroad within the PAHO region
(NIOSH) (USA)
Promoting Initiatives for Occupational Road Safety
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Medical care onboard ships: Creating a framework towards an evidence-based revision of
the International Medical Guide for Ships
Institute of Occupational Medicine and Maritime Medicine,
Hamburg, Germany
(C) Construction
Preventive programme designed to reduce musculoskeletal pain for construction workers
and students of construction schools
Estimation of work-related physical load and occupational risk evaluation in construction
sector
Brazil
YES
Italy
AMRO
EURO
South Africa
YES
AFRO
Germany
YES
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Denmark
YES
EURO
Denmark
YES
EURO
Global
Global
South Africa
YES
AFRO
Italy
YES
EURO
Italy
YES
EURO
Italy
Italy
Grenada,
Carribean
YES
YES
EURO
EURO
YES
EURO
Colombia
YES
AMRO
Germany
YES
EURO
USA
YES
AMRO
USA
YES
AMRO
Germany
YES
EURO
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
Poland
EURO
Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland
Poland
EURO
14
5.28n
GPA 2.1
5.27c
GPA 3.2, 2.1
5.27d
GPA 2.1
5.27e
GPA 2.1, 4.1
5.28q
GPA 2.1, 4.2, 2.2
5.26c
Assessment of exposure to carcinogenic compounds, focusing on plycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), in construction workers.
(D) Mining and Petrochemicals
Improving Mining Safety and Health in Colombian Mines.
Exposure to diesel particulates and their health effects on employees in an underground
mine in Western Australia
Assessment and control of diesel particulate matter exposure among underground mine
workers.
Environmental and occupational risks in the petrochemical sector
Reducing mercury pollution in small scale gold mining – Philippines 2011-2014
(E) Multi-sector (all high risk)
Sharing workplace OSH practices through sector-based global collaborations (NORA)
5.27a
GPA 2.1, 3.2
5.28c
GPA 3.2
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in Mexican Industry
5.28d
GPA 2.1, 3.2
Enhancement of Occupational Health and Safety in Brazilian Industry
5.28f
Facilitating
Project
5.28a
5.28p
5.28o
GPA 2.1
Occupational safety and health services in small-scale industries in Japan
Includes 7 GPA 5.3-2
Facilitating Project: Development and implementation of toolkits for the assessment and
projects - Vulnerable
management of occupational safety and health hazards in vulnerable worker groups.
workers
GPA 3.2
Young Workers Occupational Safety and Health Curriculum.
Protecting youth from hazardous work: Handbook of methods for identifying and addressing
GPA 2.1
psycho-social and physical health risks to adolescent workers
GPA 1.1, 3.2
Clinica del Lavoro “Luigi Devoto”, Milano
NIOSH, USA
IEA
Italy
YES
USA
Global
EURO
AMRO
YES
Global
IEA
Global
Ufa Institute of Occupational health and Human Ecology
Russia
YES
EURO
Denmark
YES
WPRO
USA
YES
AMRO
NGO’s: Dialogos
University of Copenhagen (GEUS, Institute of Global
NIOSH, USA
The Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA),
Canada
The Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA),
Canada
Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
(JNIOSH)
Global
Canada
AMRO
Canada
AMRO
Japan
WPRO
CC Initiative Leaders: Owen Evans and Jodi Oakman, La
Trobe University
NIOSH, USA
ILO/IPEC
Child labour: strategies for prevention.
Aged persons and their occupational skills. Development of methods for the prevention of
impairments
ISPESL – Dept. of Occupational Medicine
IfADo – Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment
and Human Factors
USA
Italy
AMRO
YES
EURO
Global
Germany
YES
EURO
Serbia
YES
EURO
YES
WPRO
5.9-1.7h
GPA 2.1
5.9-1.6e
GPA 1.1, 3.2
SWIFT – Sustainable Waste Management Initiative For A Healthier Tomorrow
Institute Of Occupational and Radiological Health, Belgrade
5.9-1.7g
GPA 2.1, 3.2
Canada
GPA 2.1, 3.2
Knowledge transfer about occupational hazards to precarious women workers
Electronic inventory and repository of guidance documents, risk management tools and
related resources for vulnerable worker groups
CINBIOSE with Centro de Estudios de la Mujer
5.9-1
Centre for Ergonomics & Human Factors, La Trobe University
Australia
15
YES
Global
AMRO