GPA Objective 1: To devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
Priority 1.1: Develop / update national profiles on workers’ health and provide evidence base for development, implementation and evaluation of national action plans on workers’ health
CC or NGO Name
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Project title
Epidemiologic surveillance for occupational diseases (Provimep)
Keywords
Epidemiologic surveillance
Project leader
Email address
Dr. Verónica Herrera
vherrera@achs.cl
Partners (of the CC Network)
None
Other partners
None
Funding
Asociación Chilena de Seguridad
Objective of the project
To contribute decisively to prevent occupational diseases under surveillance and to avoid the progression of those developed.
Project outcome(s) and deadline(s) for completion of the project
Surveillance programs for a variety of risk agents
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Chilean and Latin-American workers
Summary of the project (max 100 words)
The main activities that will be develop in the period are:
To update the Provimep for workers exposed to Silica
To update the Provimep for workers exposed to Pesticides
To formulate the Provimep for workers exposed to High Altitude
To formulate the Provimep for workers exposed to Diving conditions
To assess the economics involved in the ACHS Provimep
To implement preventive actions in specific high-risk and disabled populations.
To implementation preventive actions in noise exposed populations according to their willing to change attitude.
To improve monitoring and measurement of specific Provimep processes.
To improve the integration of the ACHS' information systems of prevention and curative areas.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
GPA 1.6g
PROJECT Title
The Australian National OHS Strategy 2002-2012
GPA Objective (e.g. GPA5) and GPA Action (e.g. Action 28)
GPA Objective 1: To devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
Priority Number (e.g. 5.3) and Area (if applicable) e.g. Agriculture
Priority 1.1: Develop/update national profiles on workers’ health and provide evidence base for development, implementation and evaluation of national action plans on workers’ health
Responsible CC or NGO Name
Safe Work Australia
Project leader(s)
(contact name and email address)
Dr Peta Miller peta.miller@safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Network partners (CC name, country, email)
NA
WHO Regions involved in this project (contact name and email)
NA
Country ministries involved in this project (contact name and email)
NA
External partners for this project (contact name, organization and email)
NA
Summary of the project (max 100 words)
The Australian National OHS Strategy 2002-2012 provides a basis for developing sustainable, safe and healthy work environments and for reducing the number of people hurt or killed at work. The Strategy was agreed to by all Australian governments, the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). The Strategy provides the framework for collective efforts to improve Australia's OHS performance. It sets national targets to reduce the incidence of work-related injury fatalities by at least 20% and to reduce the incidence of workplace injury (including musculoskeletal disorders) by at least 40% by 30 June 2012. The Strategy sets five national priorities to achieve short-term and long term Improvements (reduce high incidence and high severity risks, improve the capacity of business operators and worker to manage OHS effectively, prevent occupational disease more effectively, eliminate hazards at the design stage, and strengthen the capacity of government to influence OHS outcomes).
Six priority industries receive priority attention, selected because they have a combination of high incidence rates and high employment. They are agriculture, forestry and fishing, manufacturing, construction, transport and storage, and health and community services.
Further, eight occupational disease categories have been selected for particular focus. They are work-related musculoskeletal disorders, mental disorders, noise-induced hearing loss; respiratory diseases, occupational cancers; contact dermatitis; infectious and parasitic diseases, and cardiovascular disease.
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Asia and South Pacific
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Review of priorities and targets of the National Strategy during 2011.
Develop a new National OHS Strategy to come into force by January 2012. This is a core Safe Work Australia program and as such is ongoing.
Dissemination plan
The National OHS Strategy is published at: http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/swa/HealthSafety/OHSstrategy/ The Safe Work Australia Council members (tripartite as well as representative of every State and Territory of Australia) disseminate and implement the National Strategy within their constituencies.
Funding source(s)
Safe Work Australia
List of outcomes already achieved by this project
Safe Work Australia has completed the second triennial review of the Australian National OHS Strategy 2002-2012. The Strategy remains an effective coordinating framework to improve OHS in Australia and will continue to be implemented until 2012. Ongoing commitment is reflected in the substantial suite of coordinated Australia-wide and cross jurisdictional OHS programs and campaigns that have occurred since the establishment of the National Strategy targets and priority areas. The National OHS Strategy Progress against targets is published on the Safe Work Australia website.
Progress report received by June 2010:
During the latter part of 2010 and in 2011 the priorities and targets will be reviewed and a new National OHS Strategy will be developed by January 2012. There are no deliverables yet for this project.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012
During 2011 we will review the priorities and targets and a new National OHS Strategy will be developed by January 2012. The new strategy will be informed by evidence of the magnitude and severity of workplace death, injury and disease, emerging issues and the implementation of the harmonised model OHS legislation.
Top two main OHS research areas / initiatives /
topics
Safe Work Australia’s two top initiatives are to develop and implement National Model OHS Legislation and to continue to implement the National OHS Strategy 2002-2012.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
GPA 1.6h
PROJECT Title
National Harmonisation of OHS legislation across Australia
GPA Objective (e.g. GPA5) and GPA Action (e.g. Action 28)
GPA Objective 1: To devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
Priority Number (e.g. 5.3) and Area (if applicable) e.g. Agriculture
Priority 1.1: Develop/update national profiles on workers’ health and provide evidence base for development, implementation and evaluation of national action plans on workers’ health
Responsible CC or NGO Name
Safe Work Australia
Project leader(s)
(contact name and email address)
Wayne Creaser wayne.creaser@safeworkaustralia.gov.au
Network partners (CC name, country, email)
NA
WHO Regions involved in this project (contact name and email)
NA
Country ministries involved in this project (contact name and email)
NA
External partners for this project (contact name, organization and email)
NA
Summary of the project (max 100 words)
Safe Work Australia Council members recognise the need to harmonise OHS legislation across Australia, including agreement on the core common elements for inclusion in any OHS legislation. This foundation work is informing the project to harmonise OHS legislation agreed to by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) under the Intergovernmental Agreement for Regulatory and Operational Reform in Occupational Health and Safety (IGA). The National Review into Model Occupational Health and Safety Laws was completed in January 2009 and continues to inform the on-going development of nationally harmonised legislation.
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Australia, South Pacific, Asia and potentially global
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
The development of model OHS legislation to replace existing state and territory OHS laws by August 2009, and further legislation (OHS Regulations) released by December 2011.
Dissemination plan
The Communiqué from the Australian, State, Territory and New Zealand Workplace Relations Ministers’ Council outlining the agreement to harmonise the OHS legislation is published on the Safe Work Australia website. Further information ill be published on the Safe Work Australia website and the Workplace Relations Ministers Council (WRMC) website as it comes to hand.
Funding source(s)
Safe Work Australia
List of outcomes already achieved by this project
Progress as at September 2009:
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for OHS Reform in July 2008.
The IGA expresses the commitment of all governments to uniform OHS laws, complemented by nationally consistent approaches to compliance and enforcement. It also provided for the establishment of Safe Work Australia to drive the harmonisation process.
The Workplace Relations Ministers responded to the recommendations from the Panel conducting the National Review into Model OHS Laws on 18 May and tasked Safe Work Australia to commence developing the legislation.
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Committee (PCC) has commenced developing the model OHS legislation based on Drafting Instructions prepared by Safe Work Australia.
Safe Work Australia Council members are progressively considering drafts of the model OHS legislation.
The WRMC will consider an exposure draft of the model OHS legislation in September, before it is released for public comment.
Progress received by June 2010:
On 11 December 2009, the Australian Workplace Relations Ministers' Council endorsed the Model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act. The model WHS Act endorsed by Ministers was submitted by Safe Work Australia and incorporated a number of amendments proposed as a result of consideration by Safe Work Australia, input from the Parliamentary Counsel's Committee and public comment. The public comment period commenced on Monday 28 September and closed on 9 November 2009. The Act can be cited as the Work Health and Safety Act 2010. It does not commence until 1 January 2012, allowing jurisdictions more than 12 months to adopt the model Act and enact it through their parliamentary processes before the December 2011 deadline.
Deliverables to date:
The Model Work Health and Safety Bill was prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel's Committee and approved by the Workplace Relations Ministers' Council on 11 December 2009, and is available on request.
The Model OHS Legislation Fact Sheet was completed and is available on request.
The Regulation Impact Statement for the model Occupational Health and Safety Act was finalized and is available on request.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012
The Workplace Relations Ministers Council hopes to formulate model OHS legislation to replace existing state and territory OHS laws by September 2009. The full suite of Regulations to support the Act is expected to be released by December 2011.
Safe Work Australia’s two top initiatives are to develop and implement National Model OHS Legislation and to continue to implement the National OHS Strategy 2002-2012.
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
GPA1.7d
Formerly AA2:NP17
GPA Objective
GPA Objective 1: To devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
CC or NGO Name
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in Vietnam, National Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health (NIOEH)
Project title
National action plan on prevention of occupational diseases and intervention measures
The National Programme on labour protection and occupational safety and health was adopted by the Vietnamese government in October 2006 and many activities were implemented in 2007. These include the development of training courses on diagnosis of occupational disease; conducting a survey of occupational risk factors for pneumoconiosis, skin diseases, noise-induced deafness and infectious disease; evaluation of the situation of occupational disease examination, treatment, rehabilitation and expertise in the provinces and in industrial sectors; and development of plans of action for occupational disease prevention in health care workers, on injury prevention in the health care sector and on basic occupational health services.
No report on further progress received by June 2010.
List of outcomes already achieved by this project
4 intervention models of prevention of specific occupational diseases have been already developed and applied in different provinces and industries (for occupational pneumoconiosis, skin diseases, noise induced deafness and hepatitis B)
3 occupational diseases have been on process added into the list of compensated occupational diseases in Vietnam
Training curriculum on OSH and occupational disease prevention have been developed for OH staffs at District levels
Some legislative documents have been developed and promulgated in order to strengthen OSH activities and occupational disease prevention in health care facilities
National technical regulations on occupational health have been developed
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012
National Program will accomplish by 2010
Reduce by 10% the number of newly cases of occupational disease;
Ensure that more than 80% of workers in production units with a high risk of occupational diseases have their health checked for occupational diseases
100% of workers diagnosed with occupational accidents and occupational diseases are treated, provided with health care and rehabilitation services
More than 80% of workers in sectors and jobs with strict occupational safety and health requirements and OSH officers are trained in OSH
Some additional occupational diseases will be added into the list of compensated occupational diseases in Vietnam
2009-2012 Work Plan Number
GPA 1.7e
CONTRIBUTING PROJECT Title
Work plan project number (to be added by WHO)
Evaluation of the effectiveness of national action plans on prevention of occupational diseases in Vietnam
GPA Objective and Action
GPA Objective 1: To devise and implement policy instruments on workers’ health
Action 1.7
Priority Initiative
Priority 1.1: Develop / update national profiles on workers’ health and provide evidence base for development, implementation and evaluation of national action plans on workers’ health
Responsible CC or NGO Name
WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health in Vietnam, National Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health (NIOEH)
Project leader
(contact name and email address)
Dr. Tran Thi Ngoc Lan, General Deputy Director, Vietnam Administration for Preventive Medicine and Environment, 138 A Giang Vo Str., Hanoi, Vietnam
ttnlan@gmail.com
Network partners (CC name, country, email)
WHO Regions involved in this CONTRIBUTING project (contact name and email)
Southeast Asia Pacific
Country ministries involved in this CONTRIBUTING project (contact name and email)
Ministry of Health in Vietnam
External partners for this CONTRIBUTING project (contact name, organization and email)
Summary of the project (max 100 words)
The national action plans on prevention of occupational diseases has been started in 2007 and will be evaluated after 5 years, in 2012. Several activities have been and will be implemented during 5 years to aim at reduce the rate of occupational diseases and to improve workers’ health at high risk in Vietnam. This action plan will be evaluated in several aspects and lessons will be drawn.
Target group and/or beneficiaries
Policy makers, occupational health and safety practitioners, enterprise managers, workers at high risk of occupational diseases
Events-opportunities for furthering the project
Expected results of this project by 2012 (outcomes)
Prevention model for some common occupational diseases will be developed and applied such
as pneumoconiosis, noise-induced deafness, skin disease and infectious disease (hepatitis B)
The rate of some common occupational diseases will be reduced by 10%
Capacities of environment monitoring and occupational disease diagnosis and detection will be improved for OH practitioners
Training materials will be developed and disseminated
Legislative documents on occupational disease prevention will be reviewed, supplemented, and promulgated
Dissemination
National policy, WHO documents
Indicators of achievement (impact)
The rate of some occupational disease reduced by 10%
80% of workers at high risk will be examined and detect occupational diseases
Major Milestones (list up to three dates and milestones)
Public health impact
Workers’ health will be improved
Funding source(s)
Vietnamese Government
List of outcomes already achieved by this project
No progress report received by June 2010.
List of additional outcomes expected from this project by 2012
