All posts in Workers’ Health and Safety
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Journal Articles
“You just look at our work and see if you have any freedom on earth”: Ghanaian women’s accounts of their work and their health
Abstract: Research on women’s health in the developing world has focussed on reproductive issues and has defined women primarily as...
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The effect of recall on estimation of incidence rates for injury in Ghana
The purpose of this study was to evaluate and estimate injury as one of the leading causes of adult mortality in most developing countries....
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Policy Briefs
The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Assessing Access by Informal Workers
In 2003 the Ghanaian government introduced, a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – an, innovative and large scale attempt to extend,...
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Research Reports
Economic Recovery Assessment: Sierra Leone
Evidence from a recent assessment by Mercy Corps of economic recovery assessment in Sierra Leone showed that youth and petty traders were...
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Research Reports
Violence et travail informel – Note d’information
Dans le contexte de la discussion de l’OIT pour l ́élaboration de normes libellée « Violence et harcèlement contre les ...
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Journal Articles
The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics
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Journal Articles
The Occupational Health Needs of Workers: The Need for A New International Approach
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Journal Articles
Occupational Injuries in Ghana
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Research Reports
A Study of Working Conditions inthe Zanzibar Seaweed Farming Industry
This study aims to produce a, clear portrait of working conditions in the seaweed farming industry in Zanzibar from a worker perspective....
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Research Reports
Estudio en seguridad industrial y salud ocupacional para el caso del trabajo del reciclador en la calle
La producción de desechos y basuras es el resultado ignorado de un modelo de desarrollo capitalista, altamente extractivista para los países...
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