Who are "World Health Without Borders?" - presentation given at a meeting held at the International Occupational Hygiene Association Conference in London, April 2015

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Workplace Health Without Borders

3. There are 3 billion
workers in the world…
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Source:
World Health Organization (WHO)

4. There are 3 billion
workers in the world…
Nearly 2 billion of them
work in unhealthy and
unsafe conditions
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Source:
World Health Organization (WHO)

5. 2.34
1.6
1.24
0.742
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
Occupational injuries
and disease
HIV/AIDS
Road traffic
Armed Conflict and
Violence
Millions of Deaths per Year Worldwide
More people die each year from occupational
injuries and disease than from other major causes

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accidents
14%
diseases
86%
More people die from occupational disease than
accidents at work

7.  160 million
workers get sick
each year due to
non-fatal
workplace-
related diseases
7Source: International Labor Organization (ILO) 2013

8. Occupational
injuries, sickness,
and disease
costs the world
economy
$2.8 trillion/year
8Source: International Labor Organization (ILO) 2013

9. Hazardous working conditions affect whole
families, including children

10. 168 million of
the world’s
children are
child labourers,
more than half
of whom work
in hazardous
conditions: ILO
Saeed Awan, Glass
bangle manufacture,
Pakistan

11. In some places every day is
take your kid to work day
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12. Occupational Hygienists
have the knowledge
and skills to find solutions

14. Workplace Health Without
Borders (WHWB)
 A non-profit international
organization
 Registered as a charity in Canada
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15. Workplace Health Without
Borders (WHWB)
 Engages volunteers to address
workplace health issues around the
world
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16. A world where workers do not get sick
because of their work
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Vision

17. To engage the occupational health
professions in ensuring that workers
and employers throughout the world
have the knowledge and technical
means to prevent work-related
disease
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Mission

18.  Network of 400+ people around
the world
 Monthly teleconferences for
information exchange
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Global Reach

19. Sponsored a
workshop in
Odisha, India to
address silica
exposure among
stone crushers
photo courtesy of Perry Gottesfeld © Occupational Knowledge International

20. Partnering with University of Toronto and People’s
Training and Research Centre in India on Grand
Challenges project:

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Brick plant project - addressing silica and other
hazards in brick plants in Nepal, Pakistan and
Tanzania

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Provided technical assistance on sampling for
silica in Pakistan brick plants

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We are working
with the ILO
Child Labour
Project to help
protect the
many children
around the
world who work
in brick plants

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Mentor
Programme
Connecting
professionals across
the globe

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26. Occupational
hygiene
course for
physicians
in India
Training Programmes

27. Training Programmes
OHTA W201
Basic
Principles in
Occupation
al Hygiene,
Tanzania

28. Facilitated
OH equipment
donations to
Uruguay,
Pakistan,
Tanzania
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Information
sessions at
every monthly
teleconference

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Round Tables
and
presentations
on global OH
at professional
conferences

31. Join our growing
international
membership!

32. Learn more and get in touch!
Join WHWB: www.whwb.org
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Workplace Health Without Borders