WHO: Occupational health

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Occupational health is an area of work in public health to promote and maintain highest degree of physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations.

Its objectives are:

1. the maintenance and promotion of workers' health and working capacity;
2. the improvement of working conditions and the working environment to become conducive to safety and health;
3. the development of work organization and working cultures that should reflect essential value systems adopted by the undertaking concerned, and include effective managerial systems, personnel policy, principles for participation, and voluntary quality-related management practices to improve occupational safety and health.

This links to the main WHO webpage on occupational health.

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