Workplace Health Without Borders WHWB

http://www.whwb.org/

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In the Spring of 2011, a group of occupational hygienists came together to found Workplace Health Without Borders, a not-for-profit organization, to address occupational health and safety issues around the world. WHWB intends to incorporate ideas from and work with other groups who have been engaged in setting up similar organizations with a global reach.

According to the World Health Organization, almost 2/3 of the world’s 3 billion workers are employed in unhealthy and unsafe working conditions. The International Labour Organization, the United Nations tripartite agency responsible for drawing up and overseeing international labour standards, reports nearly 2 million deaths each year from occupational disease.  In addition, 160 million of the world’s workers get sick every year due to non-fatal occupational diseases.  Most of the world’s workers do not have access to occupational hygiene expertise.