Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building
Africa boasts an expanse of diverse natural resources, notably minerals and agriculture. Almost every country is endowed with a specific natural resource that provides livelihoods to many. In tandem with the vast diversity of activities to tap these resources, a multiplicity of occupational exposure...
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| author | Khoza, Norman Chamdimba, Chimwemwe Moyo, Dingani |
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| description | Africa boasts an expanse of diverse natural resources, notably minerals and agriculture. Almost every country is endowed with a specific natural resource that provides livelihoods to many. In tandem with the vast diversity of activities to tap these resources, a multiplicity of occupational exposures, some with far-reaching consequences, characterise the working environment across Africa. Most occupational diseases are under-reported due to poor diagnostic and management skills.1,2 Africa lags significantly in occupational health knowledge capital and institutional memory. Access to occupational health services, human capital in occupational health, and institutional memory at country levels is grossly deficient across most African countries.3,4 In most countries with near-absent specialists, occupational medicine expertise is very constrained; South Arica is the exception.1,3,5 Best practice standards in occupational health, including competency in the International Labour Office (ILO) International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses (ICRP), are lacking. |
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| spelling | ir-11408-50882022-08-05T10:08:16Z Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building Khoza, Norman Chamdimba, Chimwemwe Moyo, Dingani occupational health services provision occupational exposures working environment occupational diseases occupational health knowledge Africa boasts an expanse of diverse natural resources, notably minerals and agriculture. Almost every country is endowed with a specific natural resource that provides livelihoods to many. In tandem with the vast diversity of activities to tap these resources, a multiplicity of occupational exposures, some with far-reaching consequences, characterise the working environment across Africa. Most occupational diseases are under-reported due to poor diagnostic and management skills.1,2 Africa lags significantly in occupational health knowledge capital and institutional memory. Access to occupational health services, human capital in occupational health, and institutional memory at country levels is grossly deficient across most African countries.3,4 In most countries with near-absent specialists, occupational medicine expertise is very constrained; South Arica is the exception.1,3,5 Best practice standards in occupational health, including competency in the International Labour Office (ILO) International Classification of Radiographs of Pneumoconioses (ICRP), are lacking. 2022-08-05T10:08:16Z 2022-08-05T10:08:16Z 2022-01-01 Article 1024-6274 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-ohsa_v28_n1_a6 http://hdl.handle.net/11408/5088 en Occupational Health Southern Africa;Vol. 28, No. 1. open Mettamedia (Pty) Ltd |
| spellingShingle | occupational health services provision occupational exposures working environment occupational diseases occupational health knowledge Khoza, Norman Chamdimba, Chimwemwe Moyo, Dingani Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building |
| title | Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building |
| title_full | Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building |
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| title_short | Transforming occupational health services provision in southern Africa through capacity building |
| title_sort | transforming occupational health services provision in southern africa through capacity building |
| topic | occupational health services provision occupational exposures working environment occupational diseases occupational health knowledge |
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