Tuesday, 14 September 2021

WHO/ILO Media Advisory

WHO/ILO JOINT ESTIMATES OF THE WORK-RELATED BURDEN OF DISEASE AND INJURY REVEAL NUMBERS OF DEATHS RELATED TO WORK

WHAT: Launch of the first joint estimates of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on work-related disease and injury burden

WHEN:        Friday 17 September 2021, 14:00h CEST

PARTICIPANTS:          

·         WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

·         WHO Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO, Dr Maria Neira

·         Director, Director of the Governance and Tripartism Department at ILO. Vera Paquete-Perdigao

·         Technical Officer, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, WHO, Dr Frank Pega

·         Statistician, ILO Labour Administration/Occupational Safety and Health Balint Nafradi.

WHERE:        Virtual press conference via Zoom

https://who-e.zoom.us/j/91447847720
Passcode: WHOworkILO

Webinar ID: 914 4784 7720

Numeric Passcode for phone access: 4798734968

International numbers available: https://who-e.zoom.us/u/adFkrxYizf

The event will also be live-streamed on WHO’s social media channels Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram   

To receive the embargoed material please contact Ceridwen Johnson at [email protected] or [email protected]

Please note that the embargo lifts at 14:00 CEST on Friday 17 September 2021

For more information please contact:

·         Ceridwen Johnson, WHO Geneva, World Health Organization, Tel: +41 795789678  [email protected]

·         [email protected]

ILO contacts

·         Rosalind Yarde, ILO Geneva, International Labour Organization, Tel: +41 22 799 7697, [email protected], [email protected]

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