Overview of the ILO Conventions and 4 Recommendations dealing with occupational safety and health matters, and Codes of Practice and manuals for use by those responsible for occupational safety and health.
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ILO standards on safety and health
ILO Global Strategy on Occupational Safety and Health
Conclusions of the 2003 International Labour Conference discussion of the International Labour Organization’s standards-related activities in the area of occupational safety and health.
ISSA Special Commission on Prevention and its International Sections
The ISSA’s Special Commission on Prevention and its 11 International Sections represent a worldwide network of occupational safety and health expertise working to promote a global culture of prevention and placing occupational safety and health high on national agendas.
Social security and safety and health at work: Promoting a global culture of prevention
Safety and health at work lie at the heart of social security. Investment in prevention has led to a significant decrease in occupational accidents and diseases. Includes an overview of ISSA resources on occupational safety and health.
Social security: Instilling a culture of prevention?
As the 2008 Seoul Declaration of the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health affirms: prevention is a social security policy priority. This ISSA Social Policy Highlight analyses the reasons for the increased attention being given to prevention and outlines specific issues to make social security’s role in the protection and promotion of health as effective as possible.
