Global launch of WHO/ILO Joint Estimates for 19 occupational risk factors for the years 2000-2016

17 September 2021
Virtual press conference via Zoom from Geneva, Switzerland

Shortly, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, will launch the first ever total estimates from the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, covering 19 occupational risk factors. The launch will coincide with the publication of two supporting WHO/ILO reports. The Global Monitoring Report will provide global, regional and national estimates of the burden of disease attributable to the 19 occupational risk factors, and the accompanying Technical Report will detail the data sources and methods.

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WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury