Protecting workers' health in the Third World : national and international strategies
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Protecting workers' health in the Third World : national and international strategies
Auburn House, 1992
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"Papers based on the Fourth Takemi Symposium on International Health, held in Boston in the fall of 1990"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This impressive inquiry into Third World health problems linked to industrialization offers positive directions for both national and international strategies. Occupational health and safety issues, often given low priority as developing countries seek to advance their economies, are seen in their compelling importance through studies on China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Malaysia, Nicaragua, South Africa, and Sri Lanka.
Part One describes the nature and scope of work-related health problems in developing countries. Health policies designed to meet national needs in the changing work and industrial settings are analyzed through case studies in Part Two. National strategies are considered in Part Three as means of improving work-related health conditions, and Part Four proposes strategies at the international level to improve Third World occupational health. This is an authoritative analysis with substantive recommendations which will affect the thinking of health policy makers and public health planners in the international community and the Third World.
Table of Contents
Preface Overview of Occupational Health Problems Development of an Occupational Health and Safety Program in Third World Countries by Jorma Rantanen Occupational Health Problems in the Manufacturing Industries of Malaysia by Geok Lin Khor Occupational Health in a Province of Colombia by Oscar Nieto-Zapata Effects of Occupational Exposure on Chronic Respiratory Illness in Beijing, China by Xiping Xu Analysis of Occupational Health Policies Occupational Health Information Systems in India by Ramesh Durvasula Private Doctors and Occupational Health in India by Mukund Uplekar Occupational Health Policies in Costa Rica by Corinne Morsink National Strategies for Occupational Health Policy Problems, Policies, and Strategies for Occupational Health and Safety in Sri Lanka by S.W.R. de A. Samarasinghe Strategy and Policy for Occupational Health in South Africa by Jonathan E. Myers and Ian Macun The Nicaraguan Experiment in Occupational Health by Aurora Velasquez and Robert McConnell International Strategies The Role of the ILO in Promoting Occupational Health and Safety in Developing Countries by Kazutaka Kogi NIOSH Involvement with Developing Countries by Donald E. Ward, Jr. International Research Strategies to Improve Occupational Health Conditions in the Third World by David C. Christiani Bibliography Index
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