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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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  • Journal Articles

    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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  • 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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