Title of the centre:
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health
Director / Head:
Dr John Howard
Institution:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Address:
Patriots' Plaza, 395 E Street SW
20201
DC
Town:
Washington
Country:
USA
Region:
AMRO
Phone:
(1-404) 498 2500
Fax:
(1-202) 245 9628
Date of Designation:
01/Jul/1976
Last Redesignation:
01/Oct/2012
Expiry:
01/Oct/2016
Date of Discontinuation:
Terms of Reference:
- Providing chairmanship for networking of the WHO Collaborating Centres for Occupational Health
- Technical support for national and regional efforts and capacity building for the elimination of silicosis
- Technical support and developmenty of tools for strenghtening occupational health and safety of healthcare workers
- Technical support for international action on health security at the workplace
- Support to strenghtening health systems, governance, capacities and service delivery for workers’ health
- Scientific and technical support to develop guidelines for occupational health and safety of manufactured nanomaterials
- Scientific and technical support to incorporating occupational health in policies and initiatives for greening of the economy
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Subjects:
- Occupational health
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Types of activity:
- Product development (guidelines; manual; methodologies; etc.)
- Collection; collation and dissemination of information
- Coordination of activities carried out by several institutions (e.g. other WHO collaborating centres)
WHO organization wide expected result:
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8.2 - Technical support and guidance provided to Member States for the implementation of primary prevention interventions that reduce environmental hazards to health, enhance safety and promote public health, including in specific settings (e.g. workplaces, homes or urban settings) and among vulnerable population groups (e.g. children). |
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8.3 - Technical assistance and support provided to Member States for strengthening national occupational and environmental health risk management systems, functions and services. |
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8.4 - Guidance, tools and initiatives created in order to support the health sector in influencing policies in other sectors to allow policies that improve health, the environment and safety to be identified and adopted. |
Responsible Officer:
IVANOV Ivan Dimov
Phone:
+41 22 79 15532
Technical Counterpart:
RODRIGUEZ-GUZMAN Julietta
Phone:
Access to annual progress reports and the current workplan (this is accessible to WHO Staff Members only):
Link to eWork
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