Redefining Occupational Health for Tanzania
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Date
1986
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Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
Occupational health was defined twenty years ago by the joint ILO/WHO committee
on occupational health as 'the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of
physical, mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations.' This definition
has shaped not only the concept but also the organisation and delivery of
occupational health services in Africa. Most approaches to workers' health
problems are enmeshed in the medical model that strictly limits its operations to
medical service delivery to prevent accidents and diseases in formal and defined
occupations, most of which fall into the category of wage employment. All workers
outside this category — for example, peasants — are not covered by the ILO/WHO
definition.
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Occupational health, Tanzania, Health
Citation
Kamuzora, P., 1986. Redefining occupational health for Tanzania. Review of African Political Economy, 13(36), pp.30-34.