prevention

Burkina Faso: Fight against Covid-19: the Coronathon offers supplies to the community

Submitted by cambrosio on Wed, 03/17/2021 - 11:20

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On Thursday 28 January 2021, the Coronathon offered medical consumables worth nearly 45 million CFA francs to the Centre for Operations of Response to Health Emergencies (CORUS). This donation is part of the fight against Covid-19 in view of the resurgence of the disease in Burkina.

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burkina faso
Global challenges
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Safety and health at work
Financing
Shocks & extreme events
COVID-19
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Serbia: Electronic scheduling for PCR testing on personal request on the eGovernment portal

Submitted by siha on Tue, 10/27/2020 - 16:23

The government of the Republic of Serbia (02.10.2020) The Office for Information Technologies and e-Administration announced that as of today, on the eGovernment portal, electronic scheduling of appointments for PCR testing on personal request has been enabled. Citizens, foreign citizens with an approved residence in our country, as well as foreign citizens without an approved residence (tourists), can easily and quickly schedule an appointment in one of the 25 laboratories in 22 cities and municipalities in Serbia.

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serbia
Topics
Health
Health promotion
COVID-19
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New Zealand: COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme

Submitted by siha on Tue, 08/18/2020 - 11:45

Ministry of Social Development (18.08.2020) The COVID-19 Leave Support Scheme (used to be 'COVID-19 Essential Workers Leave Support') is available for employers, including sole traders, to pay their employees who can't work. This means your employees: can't come into work because they are in one of the affected groups and Ministry of Health guidelines recommend they stay at home, and can't work from home.

The Leave Support Scheme will be paid at a flat rate of:

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new zealand
Global challenges
Topics
Cash sickness benefits
Safety and health at work
Cash transfers
COVID-19
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Germany: Coronavirus Information by BG BAU

Submitted by btreichel on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 10:49

The BG BAU (Berufsgenossenschaft der Bauwirtschaft/construction industry) provides various information material for protection against corona. Please find attached the links to the different materials. (Attention: Most of them only exist in German).

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germany
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19

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Corona | Tools for small and medium-sized enterprises

Submitted by btreichel on Wed, 07/29/2020 - 09:17

This website  of the  Special Commission on Prevention presents international examples in 5 languages for small and medium sized enterprises in almost all areas of occupational safety and health. A new topical cluster on Corona has now been set up to support small and medium-sized companies on how to adress the COVID-19 at the workplace.

Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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ISSA Transportation Section: Information on Covid-19 protective measures in transportation in six languages

Submitted by btreichel on Thu, 07/23/2020 - 11:33

The International Section on Prevention in Transportation, together with its member BG Verkehr, has produced five fact sheets on Covid-19 protective measures for various transportation sectors in six languages.

Global challenges
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Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19
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Special Commissionon Prevention: Corona -Information Portal for SMEs

Submitted by btreichel on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 15:15

The Special Commission on Prevention  has set up a Corona information portal for small and medium-sized enterprises, which features a range of international views and examples: https://safety-work.org/en/topics/corona.html.

The website is available in 5 languages

Global challenges
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Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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India: Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 Receives Presidential Assent - Coronavirus (COVID-19) - India

Submitted by btreichel on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 15:03

In wake of the COVID-19 crisis and nationwide lockdown, India has been grappling with unprecedented challenges that range from maintaining law and order, access to medical facilities, food, social security to availability of medical facilities. The newest hurdle to have joined this bandwagon has been a systematic increase in incidents of attacks and harassment of its nurses, doctors and other medical personnel. Fueled by paranoia and fear in an increasingly trying time, these ill-informed attacks seem to target medical professional who are feared to be carrying and spreading the diseases.

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india
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks
COVID-19

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Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
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Pandemic highlights disparities across states, injuries vs. illnesses | National Academy of Social Insurance

Submitted by btreichel on Fri, 05/29/2020 - 14:56

Published: May 2020
By: Jay Patel, Research Assistant for Income Security Policy

The U.S. workers’ compensation system in its current form is complex, opaque and fragmented. Unlike other social insurance programs, it is wholly administered at the state level, and there is neither federal oversight nor any federal mandate that sets out minimum standards. As a result, there is substantial variation across states in levels of both coverage and benefits. Moreover, compensation differs for job-related injuries versus illnesses.

Regions / Country
United States
Global challenges
Topics
Occupational accidents and diseases
Prevention of occupational risks