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| Name: | International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) |
| Street 1: | c/o INAIL Via Fontana Candida 1 |
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| City: | Monteporzio Cantone |
| Province: | Rome, Italy |
| Post Code: | 00078 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Phone: | +39 06 94181506 |
| Organization Email: | icoh@inail.it |
| Web Site: | http://www.icohweb.org |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developed Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Partnership |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | International Partnership |
| Organization Description: | |
| The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) is an international non-governmental professional organization, in formal affiliation with WHO. Its aims are to foster the scientific progress, knowledge and development of occupational health and safety in all of its aspects. It was formed in 1906 and has more than 2000 professionals and institutional members from 93 countries, some of which have high numbers of TB cases. ICOH has 37 Scientific Committees which focus in specialty occupational health professional areas. Particularly relevant to contributing expertise to the prevention of TB cases are Scientific Committees on Health Care Workers, Respiratory Disorders, Mining, Construction, Education and Training, etc. These experts and their institutional and global contacts can provide policies and practical measures to assist countries to reduce silica exposure that leads to silicosis and increased occurrence of TB cases, and also to protect healthcare workers from infections. | |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Research and Development Technical Assistance |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 1 - 5 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 1 - 5 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Involvement in TB control provision |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Other (please explain) |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | No |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| ICOH wants to joint the Stop TB Partnership to provide occupational health experts to network with partners and share occupational health policies and practices to prevent TB cases nationally and globally by reducing silica exposures in workplaces, including mining and construction; and by protecting healthcare workers from acquiring TB infections. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Italy |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Canada Chile China Colombia Croatia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Denmark Egypt Finland France Germany Ghana India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Mali Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Republic of Korea Republic of Montenegro Russian Federation Senegal Singapore South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Uganda United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Viet Nam Zimbabwe |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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Research: The 2017 Moscow Declaration to End TB, developed for the 2018 UN-High Level Meeting on TB, calls for innovative approaches to prevent TB cases. The Declaration recognizes that exposure to silica dust increases the risk of TB, and states that miners are at high risk. The Declaration also states that health care workers are at high risk. We will bring together occupational health and safety experts to create an innovative complementary addition to the current Stop TB effort. They are able to identify successful practices and policies and training programs that will assist countries to prevent TB by reducing silica exposures in workplaces, and by protecting health care workers. 1) Until now, very little recognition has been given to the extensive evidence showing that silicosis and even silica exposure increases the likelihood of TB cases. It has been demonstrated that reducing silica dust exposures in the workplace is effective at reducing TB incidence. Silica dust exposure increases the risk of acquiring active TB by nearly seven-fold. In addition, silicosis increases the risk of acquiring active TB by 15 times among miners who are HIV positive. 2) Healthcare workers are at increased risk and additional measures are warranted to further protect this vulnerable population. |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: There are no conflicts of interest. | |
| Application date: | November 17, 2017 |
| Last updated: | November 28, 2017 |