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Welcome to the Global Worker Health Wiki, your go-to resource for information on worker health policies and practices around the world. This wiki aims to develop a comprehensive collection of information on worker health issues, such as occupational health and safety, worker wellness, workplace injury prevention, and others. Please join us and contribute!

Our aim is to provide a platform for sharing knowledge and best practices, connecting the civil societies and policy advocates from different parts of the world, and promoting collaboration and innovation in the field of worker health. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, worker, or simply interested in learning more about worker health, this wiki has something for you.

We invite you to explore our wide range of Publications, Tools, and Resources, and to contribute your own knowledge and expertise to the community. Browse the lists of all people, organizations, projects, and Resources by country, by sector, or by theme.

Together, we can work towards healthier, safer, happier, and more productive lives for all.

STRUCTURE/DESIGN QUESTIONS:

*** Intro/Overview text on Corporate Commitments needed, in context ***

*** Toolkits are included under Tools... should they also be listed in the Publications page? ***

*** Meridian Group's Project and Activity Briefs are listed under Publications... should they be also listed under Projects, Tools, Resources? ***

*** MISTAKE: Evidence Project's Publications, Tools, and Resources are listed as "by Meridian Group" - needs fixing ***

*** Should the authoring organization be always a link? I suggest no... but we should have a list of contributing organizations (partners on this wiki) where a link (and perhaps the org's and wiki editor's contact info) can be easily looked up ***

*** Should Frameworks be listed under Tools (currently are)? ***

*** Should Calls to Action (currently under Activity Briefs) be in a separate section? Under Initiatives? Should ALL Activity Briefs (under Publications) be also under Initiatives? ***

*** Resources page includes so far: Presentations ***

*** Is this brief better be classified as Case Study, Project Brief, or Activity Brief? Typically lessons learned go under case studies... ***

*** Should only Articles list individual authors and organizations, or all contributing authors from all organizations? The main purpose of the wiki is to be an index of information that is easy to navigate... extended credits information will make navigation somewhat more cumbersome... ***

*** In the Organizations section, should we include the larger scope organizations such as UN Global Compact, UN Foundation, etc... these are likely to be the partners/contributors to this wiki... ***

*** Should Research be listed or cross-referenced under Publications, for completeness? Or should we at some point break the Publications page into multiple pages ? ***

*** In general, how do we organize the Research page? ***

*** Is Principles and Guidelines a necessary page? Is Strategies? ***

Issues/Themes

The issues in worker health can be broadly divided into the following overarching themes:

1. Occupational Health and Safety
2. Workplace Injury Prevention
3. Worker Wellness

Topics

• Collective Action Approaches
  • RISE
  • Swasti I4E program
• Corporate Standards on Workplace Health
• E-learning & Virtual Training
• Insurance
• Management practices
• Telehealth
• Workplace Clinic & Health Professionals

Countries

Although worker health is a universal concern around the globe, our knowledge base is still growing and so far we have covered the following countries:

• Bangladesh
• Cambodia
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• India
• Kenya
• Sri Lanka
• Tanzania
• Vietnam

International and Country Organizations

• CARE International
• IPPF
  • Family Planning Association of India
  • Danish Family Planning Association
  • Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia
  • Ethiopia Family Planning Association
• MSI Reproductive Choices (formerly Marie Stopes International)
• Pathfinder
• Population Council
• RISE

Global Projects and Programs

• Better Work Programme (ILO/IFC)
• Evidence Project (2013-2019)
• Worker Health Project (2015-2017)

What about the larger organizations?

• Population Council ???

Country Projects

• Egypt Project (need to get name)

Corporate Projects and Programs

• BSR HERproject (now wrapped into RISE)
• GAP – Professional Advancement & Career Enhancement (PACE)
• Worker Well-being (Levi Strauss & Co.)

Research

The following organizations have conducted substantial research projects in the area of worker health:

• Better Work Program - Research Page
• Danish Family Planning Association - Business Case Reports
• Good Business Lab on GAP PACE Program – Randomized Control Trials (RCT)
• Harvard Shine at Harvard School of Public Health
• ICRW – research on GAP PACE
• Tufts University – at least 3 research case studies

You can add to our bibliography of research if you provide information about the significant research cases using the following template:

• Template: Add a Research Case to the knowledge base

Publications

Our quickly expanding collection of publications is divided into the following categories - see the detailed Publications page:

• Reports
• Policy Briefs
• Project Briefs
• Activity Briefs
• Case Studies
• Articles
• Books
• News Stories

ADMIN: Feature requests

• Image and file uploads - configure all the permissions and security
• Bibliography template
• Disable anonymous editing
• Enable curation?

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