Promoting international collaboration through the International Commission on Occupational Health

Our plain-English summary of Promoting international collaboration through the International Commission on Occupational Health, by K. Kogi (Industrial Health, 2015).

The study

• Author: K. Kogi
• Journal: Industrial Health
• Published: 2015;53(1):1-3
• Cited by: 1 article, as counted by NIH iCite
• Read it: PubMed · Publisher · Free full text

In plain English

This was an editorial, not a research study. It reported no original research data or health outcomes; the only figures it gave described ICOH itself, such as its roughly 2,000 individual members and 35 Scientific Committees. The author, the President of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), described the organization's work in promoting international collaboration in occupational health. Asbestos came up as one example. The author wrote that ICOH had issued a Statement on Global Asbestos Ban and the Elimination of Asbestos-related Diseases in 2013. That statement called for a global ban of all forms of asbestos and for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of asbestos-related diseases. The author stated that a sustained effort was needed because, even after a total ban, workers would still be exposed to asbestos left over from earlier use in building materials and durable machinery or equipment. The editorial also covered ICOH's part in the expert meetings that revised the ILO List of Occupational Diseases (2010), efforts to extend basic occupational health services to small enterprises and informal workplaces, ICOH's scientific committees and congresses, and the revised ICOH Code of Ethics, in place since 2014.

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What the study did and found

• Design: editorial
• Who was studied: No study population. The editorial was written by the President of ICOH about the organization's activities.
• Exposure: Asbestos in general ("all forms of asbestos"); no specific fiber types, jobs or doses were studied
• The authors' conclusion: The author stated that sustained effort was necessary because occupational exposure to asbestos will persist after a total ban, due to asbestos remaining from prior use in building materials and durable machinery or equipment.

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