Workers’ Health and Safety

“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...

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....

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,...

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...

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 ...

The Pitfalls of Home: Protecting the Health and Safety of Paid Domestics

The Occupational Health Needs of Workers: The Need for A New International Approach

Occupational Injuries in Ghana

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....

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...