Public and Workplace Services

Occupational Exposure and Health Problems in Small Scale Industry Workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a Situation AnalysisOccupational Medicine

Background: Workers in informal small-scale industries (SSI) in developing countries involved in welding, spray painting, woodwork and metalwork...

Meeting Report of the WHO-ILO Joint Effort on Occupational Health and Safety in Africa: Occupational Health for Workers in the Informal Sector

Occupational Health & Safety for Market and Street Traders in Accra and Takoradi, Ghana

Social Protection: A Life Cycle Continuum Investment for Social Justice, Poverty Reduction and Development

Informal workers and the use of mobile technology and communications: Findings from key informant interviews

This is a report of a small study done to explore how mobile phones are being used, and might be better used, to improve the health of informal...

Informal employment and health status in Central AmericaBMC Public Health

Background: Informal employment is assumed to be an important but seldom studied social determinant of health, affecting a large number of...

Pesticide Vendors in the Informal Sector: Trading Health for Income

Abstract: South African low-income communities face many challenges (e.g., insufficient housing, poor service delivery, and abject poverty);...

Les femmes travailleuses de l’économie informelle se mobilisent pour la garde d’enfants

Ce rapport soutient que les prestations de maternité et les services de garde d’enfants pour les travailleuses de l´informel méritent...

Extension de la protection sociale aux travailleurs et travailleuses de l’informel

Étendre la protection sociale aux travailleuses et travailleurs de l’informel, qui pour la plupart sont exclus de toute protection...

The Effects of Handling Solid Waste on the Wellbeing of Informal and Organized Recyclers: a review of the literature

Estimated at 15 million people operating globally, informal recyclers perform a vital public service while working individually or within...