Injury and Disease

African Newsletter

O N O C C U PAT I O N A L H E A LT H A N D S A F E T Y

Volume 20, number 3, December 2010

Injury and disease

reporting systems

African Newsletter

O N OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Volume 20, number 3, December 2010

Improving occupational injury and disease reporting

systems

Published by

Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A

FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland

Editor in Chief

Suvi Lehtinen

Editor

Marianne Joronen

Linguistic Editors

Alice Lehtinen

Sheryl S. Hinkkanen

Layout

Liisa Surakka, Kirjapaino Uusimaa, Studio

The Editorial Board is listed (as of June 2009) on the back

page.

A list of contact persons in Africa is also on the back page.

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the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, International

Affairs, Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A, FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland.

The African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety

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Contents

Contents

47 Editorial

3 Editorial

Tsuyoshi Kawakami

N. Henwood

ILO

SOUTH AFRICA

Articles

Articles

48 Injury of occupational diseases and health

4 ILO listand disease reporting in Tanzania care workers

Joshua

S. Niu Matiko

Tanzania

ILO

50 Themes of of health care workers in 2011

10 Protection the African Newsletter with focus on respiratory

health

51 K. Michell systems of occupational diseases in Nigeria

Reporting

Obehi Okojie

SOUTH AFRICA

Nigeria

13 Hepatitis in the context of Botswana

54 NK. Mwaniki health and safety in Egypt - an overview

Occupational

Valenti Antonio, Mohamed Omaira, D. Venanzi, L. Fantini, S. Iavicoli

BOTSWANA

57 Singapore’s framework for reporting vegetable cultivation

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