Theme: Public and Workplace Services

Gathering Occupational Health Data from Informal Workers: The Brazilian Experience

Abstract: This study describes how occupational health data have been gathered by the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) to provide morbidity...

Linking Safety Nets, Social Protection and Poverty Reduction: Directions for Africa

Swept Under the Rug: Abuses Against Domestic Workers Throughout the World

Good Practices in Safety, Health, and Working Conditions: Home workers, farmers, construction workers in Cambodia, Mongolia and Thailand

Poor health kills small businesses: Illness and microenterprise in South Africa

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Chemicals Management and Occupational Health in Tanzania. Challenges and Strategies for Improvement

Developing an Action-based Health and Safety Training Project in Southern China

SEWA Project: Productivity Impact Study

SEWA has for a number of years been involved in the participatory design of work equipment prototypes for various sectors of the informal...

Corporate Capitalism in the Name of Social Security

The many schemes that have been announced in the name of social security are limited in scope and the quantum of security they prefer. The...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...