Theme: Workers’ Health and Safety

Better OHS for Market Traders and Street Vendors in Accra, Ghana

This is a summary of a case study by Tony Dzidzinyo Dogbe and Suki Annan.

Minor Psychiatric Disorders Among Brazilian Ragpickers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Safety and Health of Urban Informal Sector Workers

Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: Barriers to Access for Informal Workers

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is an innovative attempt to extend social protection to informal workers, and, as such, it...

The Place of Informal Workers and the Informal Economy in Approaches to Social Protection

Increasing numbers of workers across the world experience eroding work related to social protection and those who ‘do’ social policy see...

Occupational Health and Safety Bibliography: Reports and Research Papers

Santé et Sécurité au Travail Pour les Travailleurs du Secteur Informel – Octobre 2012

Une publication de WIEGO no 6    Cette édition inclut des rapports sur:

AeT – Workplace safety with informal workers: Be safe with us

This blog post, about The Phephanathi Project, is written by Laura Alfers and Tasmi Quazi.

Accra: Market, Street Traders & Headload Porter’s Health & Safety

A survey undertaken in Accra, Ghana, investigated the main occupational health and access to healthcare challenges faced by market traders,...