Occupational safety and health in the health services sector
8 July 2015
International labour standards
- C155 - Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)
- R164 - Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 1981 (No. 164)
- C187 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187)
- R197 - Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation, 2006 (No. 197)
- C161 - Occupational Health Services Convention, 1985 (No. 161)
- R171 - Occupational Health Services Recommendation, 1985 (No. 171)
Codes of practice
- HIV/AIDS and the world of work
- Workplace violence in services sectors and measures to combat this phenomenon
Guidelines
- Joint WHO-ILO-UNAIDS policy guidelines on improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services
♦ Policy guidelines
♦ Guidance note - Joint WHO/ILO policy guidelines on improving health worker access to prevention, treatment and care services for HIV and TB
- Joint ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS
- Framework guidelines for addressing workplace violence in the health sector
Training materials
- HealthWISE - Work Improvement in Health Services
♦ Action manual
♦ Trainers' guide - Framework guidelines for addressing workplace violence in the health sector
Working papers
- The organization of working time and its effects in the health services sector: A comparative analysis of Brazil, South Africa and the Republic of Korea
- Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health
Briefing note
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Occupational Health for Health Workers: An Interview with Julia Lear
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Press Briefing
Joint ILO-WHO-UNAIDS Policy Guidelines on Improving Health Workers' Access to HIV and TB Prevention: Press Conference
Improving health workers’ access to HIV and TB prevention, treatment, care and support services
Leaflet on Workplace violence in the Health sector
Work improvement in health services
ILO and WHO team up to improve working conditions in the health sector
ILO's role and response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak
Health sector policies
Ebola: How decent work in the health sector saves lives of health personnel