World Day for Safety and Health
Date: 28 April
Today is World Day for Safety and Health. The special theme of this year's observance calls attention to HIV/AIDS as an occupational safety and health issue. The observance of the Day is also promoting awareness of general occupational safety and health issues, including prevention, in a bid to mobilize action to reduce workplace fatalities. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates that total work-related fatalities number about 2.2 million per year of which some 400,000 are attributable to the effects of hazardous substances in the workplace. In addition, some 160 million people suffer from work-related diseases each year.
For more information please visit: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/worldday/index.htm
