Protecting Workers' Health in the Third World

by Reich, Michael R.; Okubo, Toshiteru

• ISBN13: 9780865690264
• ISBN10: 086569026X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1992-06-01
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

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