Message from the President

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NEWSLETTER
International Commission on
Occupational Health – ICOH
Commission Internationale de
la Santé au Travail – CIST
Volume 3, Number 3
In this number
Message from the
President
1
From the Editor
3
New Members
4
My ICOH years
Bengt Knave
5
ICOH and other
meetings
8
Candidates for ICOH
Officers and Board
10
News from Scientific
Committees
13
Résumé en français
14
December 2005
Message from the President
Dear ICOH Members,
In the final weeks of the year we all are
busy as many things need to be done
before we can take a breath and relax
for a few days. In Northern Europe
Christmas is traditionally considered as
the number one event in the year, which
provides a good opportunity to forget
our hectic work life for a while and give
priority to family, relatives and friends.
The spirit of Christmas is that of peace,
fairness, generosity and good will. Regardless of culture or religion these are
values respected throughout the world.
Whilst ICOH wants to promote them
at Christmas time, we would also like to
see them realised in every workday of
the year at every workplace in the world.
The year 2005 has been highly active - probably the most active of the
triennium. The Scientific Committees
have held dozens of meetings, ICOH
members have actively participated in the
events of other congresses and meetings
and our collaboration with our Sister
NGOs and International Organizations
has been both smooth and productive.
In mid-December the Ministers of
Trade of the WTO countries convened
in Hong Kong for negotiations on the
liberalization of world trade. The most
central items on the agenda were the liberalization of trade of agricultural products, subsidies for agricultural exports
and above all the position of the agricultural products of developing countries
in world trade. The outcomes of the
Hong Kong Meeting will also have a deep
impact on the conditions of work of the
agricultural workers particularly in the
developing world. Let’s hope develop-
ment in the coming decades will be more
positive than during the past twenty
years. If new opportunities present themselves, ICOH needs to be ready to provide support for the development of occupational health services and health and
safety for the agricultural sector. This may
require new actions on the part of ICOH.
Close collaboration with our inter-governmental partners, ILO and WHO is
needed to achieve any impact in this area.
The BOHS (basic occupational
health services) initiative of WHO, ILO
and ICOH may also serve as an appropriate tool for such operations. The
BOHS approach was effectively promoted during 2005. The model was first
launched in the WHO/ICOH/ILO Workshop on Occupational Health Services in
the Regions and in the International Conference: OHS 2005, which were held in
Helsinki in January. Since then, the approach has been introduced and presented in several international meetings in Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and
Latin America. The response has been
positive everywhere and more guidance,
expert advice and support for the implementation of the model at national and
particularly local levels has been called
for. The three founding partners of
BOHS met in a special meeting in October to make plans for the further development of BOHS; in particular to develop practical implementation tools and to
make the starting level of the model less
demanding.
One of the six priorities for the current tenure was to strengthen our collaboration with the UN Organizations,
WHO and ILO. We have been very active
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International Commission on Occupational Health – ICOH
Commission Internationale de la
Santé au Travail – CIST
NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 3
December 2005
ICOH Newsletter
Published by the
International Commission on
Occupational Health
Editorial Board
Suvi Lehtinen
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on this front this year. In addition to
BOHS, the substantive issues on which
we have collaborated with the WHO have
been, tobacco control at workplace, cancer prevention, asbestos issues, mental
health at the workplace, child labour, occupational health and development, and
equity and health. Special effort has also
been made in the development of Basic
Occupational Health Services in China.
Collaboration with ILO has also
been very tight, through our contribution to the ILO Global Strategy on Safety
and Health at Work, to the ILO new
Framework Convention on Occupational Safety and Health, the 10th International Congress on Occupational Respiratory Diseases, ICORD 2005 in Beijing,
our joint activities for safety and health
in China and our contribution to the renewal of the ILO list on occupational diseases. The last item is a most relevant one
for ICOH and our members as it provides an internationally accepted guide for
diagnosis, notification and registration of
occupational diseases and also guides
preventive actions – all activities which
constitute the key content of everyday
work in occupational health and occupational medicine practice for many of our
members. ICOH now has an excellent
opportunity to make an input in preparing the necessary guidelines for the application of the list in everyday practice. We
also need to plan a mechanism for ICOH
participation in future international operations concerning occupational diseases and occupational medicine. Also the
practical mechanisms for collaboration
with ILO in further development and
guidance of the list of occupational diseases need to be established.
The organization of the ICOH 2006
Congress is now in full swing. Professor
Bertazzi reports on more than 2000 abstracts being submitted to the organizers
and a rich variety of sessions have been
planned. Everything points toward the
Milan Congress becoming a major event,
probably one of the largest ICOH Congresses in the history of the Association.
It will also prove an enormous organiza-
tional task for our Italian Colleagues.
The Secretary General has collected
the nominations for the election of officers, board members and national secretaries. The situation looks good in terms
of numbers of candidates and the support the nominees have received from
members. The voting ballots will be sent
to members by the end of the first quarter of 2006, i.e. in plenty of time but not
too early.
As we start a new triennium, next
June we need to plan future activities for
the period 2006–2009.
This is not only particularly important for the ICOH leadership and ICOH
as a whole, but also for Scientific Committees and other operative bodies of
ICOH. The meeting practices and, for
example, voting procedures for the election of the SC officers left some space for
improvement in the ICOH2003 Congress
in Iguassu. Therefore, I would like to call
on the SC Chairs and Secretaries to plan
well in advance for the business meetings
in Milan and also to prepare election procedures carefully for the appointment of
the officers. The current officers are responsible for ensuring that, in the case of
a change of officer, the transition takes
place smoothly and all the organizational memory is transferred to the new leadership. Similarly, to avoid repetition of
the previous information gap, the President, the Vice President responsible for
SCs and the Secretary General shall be immediately informed of the results of the
election. The Vice President Alain Cantineau will return to this issue in good
time before the Congress.
Finally, it is fair to conclude that the
year 2005 has been highly productive for
ICOH. Numerous other achievements in
addition to those I have described here
will be reported to the Board next June.
We can all be satisfied with the results
particularly when we consider that all that
is done, is done so on a voluntary basis,
despite the growing pressures in our daily jobs. I want to thank the whole ICOH
membership, the Officers and Board, Scientific Committees and all other opera-
From the Editor
tive organs for their efforts in developing
occupational health and safety locally,
nationally and globally.
In genuine Christmas spirit, allow
me to wish you all a relaxing season. May
the year 2006 be as successful as, and if
possible, even more generous to you than
the year 2005!
T
he year 2005 has flown. A great
deal of information on the
Scientific Committees’ activities
was available in January 2005 when the
Mid-term Meeting of ICOH was held. The
documents are available on the net at:
http://www.icohweb.org/pdf/ minutes_
20050128_board_helsinki.pdf and
http://www.icohweb.org/pdf/minutes
_20050127-29_sc-officers_helsinki.pdf.
The website of ICOH is: http://
www.icohweb.org/. Here you can also find
the ICOH Newsletter.
Topics of 2005
Jorma Rantanen
This year, we have looked back on the
previous decades of ICOH, with the aim
of creating visions for future activities.
Each of the 2005 issues has contained an
article by one of the Past Presidents of
ICOH. In this issue, we have the privilege
of reading Professor Bengt Knave’s recollections and impressions of ICOH activities on pages 5–7 and 15–17.
In this connection, I would like to
thank all three: Sven Hernberg, JeanFrançois Caillard and Bengt Knave for
their efforts in shedding light on the decisions and aspirations of ICOH activities
over the past twenty-five years.
Next issue
The next issue of the ICOH Newsletter
comes out in mid-April 2006. The deadline for materials is 28 February 2006.
Please send your contributions to
[email protected]
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Thank you
On behalf of the Editorial Board, I would
like to take this opportunity to thank all
of you most warmly for your contributions this year, and wish you health, happiness, peace and prosperity in the coming year.
Suvi Lehtinen
Editor
Preparing for ICOH2006
The ICOH2006 is drawing closer. The
Congress will be an important event in
occupational health and safety in 2006.
The announcements are available at:
www.icoh2006.it. Even though the deadline for submitting abstracts has passed,
it is always possible to attend and contribute to the sessions from the floor.
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New Members
Guillermo Luis Lombardo,
Argentina
Ilya Veyalkin, Belarus
Joseph Dieuboue, Cameroun
Albert Nienhaus, Germany
Ashok Mewara, India
Arie Shirom, Israel
Elisa Albin, Italy
Lara Balbiani, Italy
Luca Belleri, Italy
Stefano Borghesi, Italy
Luca Bossi, Italy
Paolo Brunelli, Italy
Margherita Caci, Italy
Donatella Camerino, Italy
Marcello Campagna, Italy
Lidia Capelli, Italy
Angela Carta,Italy
Annalisa Caruso, Italy
Maria Ceravolo, Italy
Annalisa Chiodini, Italy
Dario Consonni, Italy
Antonella Corbino, Italy
Giulia Corradi, Italy
Alessandra Corulli, Italy
Silvia Facchinetti, Italy
Denise Federici, Italy
Lorenza Ferrari, Italy
Valentina Gabrielli, Italy
Emanuela Gargaglia, Italy
Salvatore Luca, Italy
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Giovanni Marandino, Italy
Michelangelo Mazzoli, Italy
Marina Musti, Italy
Eleonora Nan, Italy
Chiara Nardoni, Italy
Graziella Pagliaro, Italy
Francesca Parmigiani, Italy
Giacomo Francesco Pirolo,
Italy
Canzio Romano, Italy
Antonio Scotto Di Carlo, Italy
Fiorella Tagliani, Italy
Chiara Tinozzi, Italy
Daniele Torri, Italy
Nora Vitelli, Italy
Mourad Boudouane,
Morocco
Souad Charioui, Morocco
Amine Med Aziz Lahlou,
Morocco
Amine Mekki Lahlou,
Morocco
Bouchra Raji, Morocco
Evgeny Kovalevkiy, Russian
Federation
Barbara Haywood,
New Zealand
Paul B A Smits,
The Netherlands
Essy Isah, Nigeria
Hakan Baydur, Turkey
Kristina Kiærheim, Norway
Frankie Mubuuke, Uganda
Yao Mathias Kouassi,
Ivory Coast
Patricia Liduvina Guarniz
Roncal, Peru
Narufumi Suganuma, Japan
Marilyn Alentjan, Philippines
Jane Hitchins, United Kingdom
Ronald H McCaig,
United Kingdom
Chandrakant Mutalik,
United Kingdom
Jesus Gomez Hernandez,
Mexico
Jorge Gerardo Moncayo
Ortiz, Mexico
Martha Edilai Nava Palacios,
Mexico
Ruben Olivier, Mexico
Gerardo Cristian Paniaga
Saucedo, Mexico
Maria del Pilar Paz Roman,
Mexico
Pablo Perez Quintanilla,
Mexico
Alberto Sanson Rivera,
Mexico
Juan Ramon Silva Garcia,
Mexico
Erika Lizzet Silva Rivera,
Mexico
Ma. Teresita Cucueco,
Philippines
Helen De Guzman, Philippines
Oscar Tinio, Philippines
Beata Peplonska, Poland
Mary Ross, South Africa
Daniel Ungerer, South Africa
Sudthida Krungkraiwong,
Thailand
Effiem Abbah, USA
William S Beckett, USA
Cecil Burchfiel, USA
OiSaeng Hong, USA
Robin Nicholas, USA
My ICOH years
Bengt Knave
Some background notes
Changing work life and changing
ICOH fields of activities
keletal disorders and occupational infections, but the ever changing work life
prompted new responsibilities to be added.
2000-2003 ICOH Officers
M
y ICOH involvement goes far
back in time; I became a member already in the 1970s when I
joined the SC on Neurotoxicology. During the 1980s I served as SC Officer (Physical Factors), 1990–93 as ICOH Board
Member (under Sven Hernberg), 1993–
2000 as Vice President (under Jean-François Caillard), and 2000–2003 as President. During these 25 years work life underwent great changes; one of the main
causes being the everyday use of computers at work. However, not only the work
itself changed, but also our opinion on
work changed. We realized that a good
work environment should not only be
healthy and safe. It should also encourage professional development and personal job satisfaction, which contributed to
improved work quality and productivity.
We learnt that the way work was organized was of importance, and recent development made it clear for us that the question on employment and unemployment
also affected the work as such, the worker and the worker’s health and wellbeing. Downsizing enterprises resulted in
increased work pace and stress among the
still employed. Furthermore, during the
last years of this period ‘new’ hazards called upon attention, e.g. physical violence,
harassment and bullying at the workplace. All this meant that – as to ICOH fields
of activities – these were not the same at
the end of “my” 25-year ICOH period as
at the beginning of it. Of course, the
ICOH responsibility still included the
more “traditional” chemical and physical
hazards, accident prevention, musculos-
ICOH Officers were partly the same during the periods 1993–2000 and 2000–
2003, as was the case also between the
periods 1987–1993 and 1993–2000. During the Sven Hernberg Presidency JeanFrançois Caillard acted as Vice President
and Jerry Jeyaratnam Secretary General.
When Jean-François led the organization
I and – during his second term – Malcolm Harrington were the Vice Presidents,
with Jerry still on his post. During my
term Malcolm was one of the Vice Presidents. So, there is a kind of personal staff
“thread” throughout this 25-year period.
This certainly is one of the reasons why
the transitions between Presidency periods always were smooth and with main
ICOH policies being kept intact. So, it was
not so much of a revolution to take over
after Jean-François, to some extent it was
more to come to a laid table! Anyway, it
was a pleasure and a privilege to start my
triennium as President with an experienced and qualified group of ICOH Officers: Malcolm Harrington and Ruddy
Facci as Vice Presidents, and Kee Seng
Chia as Secretary General.
2000 – 2003 ICOH Board Task
Groups and Networks
At the Singapore Congress it was decided
to set up special task groups (TGs) and
networks within the Board aiming at the
discussion and – hopefully – decision of
“unsolved” ICOH matters of concern.
Some of the matters were inherited from
the preceding Board, others were taken
up as new for the first time in 2000. I will
not bore you by reviewing details of these
activities but give you some examples on
Task Group deliveries:
• formal establishment of a Finance
Committee to assist the Secretary
General in budget matters
• adoption of a Declaration-of-Interest
form for all kinds of ICOH officials,
• revision of the Code-of-Ethics
• preparing for an ICOH Newsletter on
the ICOH homepage
• producing a position paper on tobacco-free workplaces
• membership recruitment by promoting ICOH activities internationally and
by the ICOH National Secretaries in
each country
• introducing a differential membership
fee for members in poorer countries
with the triennium 2003–2005 as a trial period
• co-operation with other organizations
such as WHO, ILO, ISSA, IOHA, IEA
(International Ergonomics Association), IEA (International Epidemiology Association), ICNIRP (International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection), WWCS (Work
With Computing Systems) and Collegium Ramazzini.
Some matters, however, could not
be satisfactorily decided upon during the
trimester and were handed over for further discussions and decisions to the next
ICOH lead:
• a request to include Spanish as official
ICOH language in addition to English
and French. The Task Group on Language matters agreed with the request
as such but found it impossible to implement for financial reasons. The task
group then proposed English, French
and Spanish as official languages for a
minor number of official documents
like the Constitution and Bye-laws,
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Code-of-Ethics and Membership registration forms, using English, however, as the working language for
ICOH. It was not possible to reach
agreement within the Board, and the
task of pursuing the matter was forwarded to the new Board.
• revision of the ICOH Constitution and
Bye-laws. The Task Group on Revision had during the past triennium
worked on a proposal to accommodate also non-ICOH-members as experts in executive groups of scientific
committees. This proposal, which required changes in the Constitution and
Bye-laws, was approved by the Board
and the General Assembly. However,
the Board also agreed that the Constitution and Bye-laws were in need of a
total revision, a matter to be handled
by the next Board.
• further ICOH activities on HIV/AIDS.
There was a definite interest from
South African members to start up a
scientific committee, and at the 2003
Congress the topic was discussed in
some sessions.
Another type of new Board activities was the launching of “networks”.
These, which follow below, were aimed at
matters of current general interest and
where it was needed that several scientific
committees and task groups worked together:
• the Network on Information and
Communication, initiated and led by
Max Lum. ICOH leaflets and posters
were produced in large amounts and
spread around the world,
• the Network on Education and Training in Developing Countries, led by
Richard Ennals,
• the Network for Guidelines on Occupational Medicine Education and
Competence (GOMEC), initiated and
led by Ragnar Rylander, and
• the Network on Women and Work,
which – in spite of efforts – unfortunately never gained momentum within ICOH during my years as President.
ICOH Scientific Committees
1993–2003
Since my early ICOH years I have been
engaged in matters concerning the scientific committees. During the 1970s and
1980s I worked actively in the committees
on neurotoxicology, physical factors and
radiation and work, and as Vice President under Jean-François1993–2000 I had
the comprehensive ICOH responsibilities
for all scientific committees. As President
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velopment and took steps – in vain,
though – to stop the decline. The main
reason was not to be found within
ICOH, but more being an effect of a
general trend in society where less interest and governmental resources
were paid to occupational health. There
were of course other contributing factors but it would take me too far to go
into all details here. Suffice to mention
a complaint we always heard: “it is too
expensive – we cannot afford to be a
member in ICOH”. And, for membership applicants in the poorer countries
this was certainly true. So, a model for
membership fee reduction for these
members was worked out – by Kaj Elgstrand – which was accepted by the
Board and General Assembly 2003. To
my delight I can now see in the ICOH
Newsletter an increasing number of
new members from those countries. I
am convinced that part of a future success of ICOH lies in a global involvement, confined not only to the richer
countries.
• Child labour. In
2002 an ICOH Statement on Child Labour was published
on the ICOH
homepage: “The involuntary underage
workers typically
forfeit the chances of
developing knowledge and getting education as other children get, and risk
their health and welfare, under duress,
in the cause of comJoining the ICOH activities already in the 1970s.
mercial gain for others, or simply for
their own and their families’ survival”.
Some personal reflections
Children are compelled to engage
today
themselves in dangerous and hazardous occupations, and many of the chilWhen looking back at these 25 years in
dren suffer from injuries. In my 2003
ICOH there are some developments where
Congress Keynote Address I referred
I – to some part, and together with othto a recent study from Bangladesh in
ers – was engaged in and supported. Some
which very high prevalence morbidiresults were good, but I also experienced
ties were reported among working childisappointments where – in spite of my
dren. I referred to this study rather in
engagement and support – the developdetail just to show the magnitude of
ment did not reach the goal I hoped for.
the problem, and to show how self• ICOH membership number reached its
evident it must be for an international
height in the 1980s when I think it was
organization like ICOH to engage itwell above 2000. From then on, howself whole-heartedly in the challenge
ever, there was a continuous decline –
against child labour. The topic was
today ICOH has some 1700 memaddressed in several sessions of the
bers. All administrations, in which I
Congress, with the outcomes aiming
took part, were well aware of this de2000–2003 I was of course well acquainted with the committees´ activities and
developments but without the same responsibilities that I had had the years before.
During this 10-year period the
number of scientific committees was kept
relatively constant between 30 and 35. New
committees were formed and of these
some were closer to my competence, interest and heart than others, e.g. Work
and Vision, Radiation and Work, Work
Organization and Psychosocial Factors,
Unemployment and Health, Occupational Health and Development, Indoor Air
Quality and Health, and History of Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Diseases.
Much more could be said about individual committees, suffice here to underline what we all know: the ICOH Scientific Committees are the backbone of
ICOH. There are many other international, interested parties in the field of occupational health, but none that has the
overall scientific competence of ICOH.
at future joint efforts together with
ILO, WHO and IPEC (International
Programme on the Elimination of
Child Labour).
• Unemployment and occupational
health. During the past 15 years, or so,
general recessions worldwide resulted
in downsizing of enterprises and high
unemployment rates in the workforce,
in turn resulting in depressions and
other signs on mental strain among
the unemployed. However, also workers still at work suffered. Work pace
and work stress increased. Nobody
complained because of risk of losing
the job. As a paradox sick leaves diminished – when being sick the employed nevertheless went to the job
because of fear of losing it. The concept of ”sickness presence” was introduced during these years. During the
late 90s the labour market in many
countries recovered, and the rate of
unemployment was steadily dropping,
and at the turn of the century reached
a politically acceptable low level. However, statistics of reported work-related injuries and diseases now showed a
marked increase. Among the work-related diseases those indicated as caused
by organizational and social factors
increased the most, and considerably
more than half of these cases were diagnosed to be related to stress. Thus,
unemployment and sickness absence
seemed to be related as communicating vessels; when one was high, the other was low, and vice versa. Some experts interpreted the burn-outs and
stress reactions – more than anything
else – as symptoms of a diseased society, where people in their jobs were
pressed over their capacities. ILO introduced the concept “decent employment”, and EU aimed not only at “more
jobs” but also at “better jobs”. ICOH,
I think, is one of the international organizations having a responsibility to
deliver knowledge on how to make jobs
“better” and employments “decent”. So,
I appreciated very much the progress
and increased activities of our “young”
Scientific Committee on Unemployment and Health. I had also hoped for
more established links and cooperation between ICOH and some of the
international labour market associations, but in spite of efforts from my
side representing ICOH such links did
not see the daylight.
• There are other proposed activities (as
those concerning HIV/AIDS, Women
and Work) that – I am sorry to say –
did not really take root in ICOH during my Officer years. There are, however, other activities which I endorsed
and found successful; let me here just
as an example mention the SC on Occupational Health Nursing. I have always considered nurses to be very important in occupational health since
they are often the first professionals
to listen to the workers’ complaints
and symptoms. And believe me, I have
several memories of excellent conferences and meetings led by these enthusiasts.
• The Congresses. As I have said above
the Scientific Committees of ICOH
constitute the backbone of our organization. However, in the same breath
the triennial ICOH Congresses must
be mentioned. They can be said to represent the outward face of ICOH as an
organization. Since the end of the 1970s
I have been an active participant, espe-
cially so in Stockholm 1996 as Congress President being a cog in the machinery and in Iguassu Falls 2003 as
ICOH President being an impressed
“adviser”. Anyway, irrespective of the
importance of my contributions to the
Congresses I took part in, it was always a pleasure to be there, to listen to
news from fields outside my own competence, and to meet friends and have
a good time together.
Finally, I cannot conclude an essay
like this of my ICOH Officer years without mentioning the support and co-work
from different ICOH people. My warmest thanks go to Ms Gunborg Jungeteg at
the Swedish National Institute for Working Life. Gunborg started her ICOH years
more on a secretarial level but as time went
by she successfully became one of the efficient administrators of ICOH as such.
So, to Gunborg and all other ICOH people I worked with: thanks for your much
appreciated support and friendship!
Welcoming the Patron of the 25th ICOH Congress, His Majesty
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
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ICOH and other Meetings
International Symposium Satellite to ICOH 2006
“SHIFTWORK AND AGEING IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS”
8-10 June 2006 – Venezia (Italy)
VENUE: Conference Area at Marittima Cruise Terminal 103, Venezia
PROMOTERS: ICOH SC “Shiftwork and Working Time”
ICOH SC “Ageing at Work”
ICOH SC “Health Care Workers”
SUPPORTERS: Ca’ Foscari University, Venezia
Municipality of Venezia
National Health Service, Local Unit of Venezia
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri SpA (VTP)
Venetian Hotelliers Association (AVA
Aim of the Symposium
The three ICOH Scientific Committees intend to propose a joint forum to discuss health and working conditions of
workers in the health care sector, in particular the aspects related to working time and ageing. The increasing ageing of
general and working populations on one hand, and the necessity to guarantee efficient and efficacious care 24 hours
a day on the other hand, represent two crucial aspects of the health care activities and pose specific problems in terms
of job demands and work ability. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze them properly in order to adopt the best
preventive actions and compensatory measures.
Main topics
Health and Well-being – Job demands - Preventive actions - Compensatory measures - Work ability - Work organization - Working time arrangements - Risk management - Training
International Scientific Committee
Prof. Kazutaka Kogi, Board of ICOH, Japan - Prof. Giovanni Costa, chair ICOH SC “Shiftwork and Working Time”,
Italy - Prof. Willem Goedhard, chair ICOH SC “Ageing and Work”, Netherlands - Prof. Gustav Wickström, chair
ICOH SC “Health Care Workers”, Finland - Prof. Juhani Ilmarinen, chair IEA TC “Ageing” and secretary ICOH SC
“Ageing and Work”, Finland - Dr. Hans Martin Hasselhorn, secretary ICOH SC “Health Care Workers”, Germany Dr. Sonia Hornberger, secretary ICOH SC “Shiftwork and Working Time”, Germany - Dr. Sergio Lafisca and Dr.
Giancarlo Magarotto, National Health Service, Local Unit Venezia, Italy - Prof. Armando Zingales, Ca’ Foscari
University, Venezia, Italy
National Organising Committee
Prof. Giovanni Costa, University of Milano (Chair) - Dr. Donatella Camerino, University of Milano - Ms. Daniela
Fano, University of Milano - Dr. Roberto Montagnani, National Health Service, Local Unit Venezia – Dr. Marcello De
Pascalis, Ca’ Foscari University, Venezia, Italy - Dr. Laura Prevedello, Municpality of Venezia – Dr. Serena Tiepolato,
Venezia Terminal Passeggeri – Dr. Nico Simone, EBT Service, Venezia
Preliminary Scientific Programme
Thursday 8 June
19.30
Friday 9 June
08.30-12.30
14.00–18.00
20.00
08.30-12.30
12.30-13.30
Saturday 10 June
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Opening ceremony and informal get-together
at Auditorium Santa Margherita - Ca’ Foscari University
Scientific Sessions (keynotes, oral and poster presentations)
Concert at Malibran Theatre (The Fenice Orchestra)
Closing remarks
Expected deadlines
28th February 2006
31st March 2006
15th April 2006
submission of abstracts and preliminary registration
notification of abstract acceptance
final registration
Contact person
Ms. Daniela Fano (Secretariat) tel. + 39 02 503 20146
fax + 39 02 503 20150
e-mail: [email protected]
Accommodation and logistics: reservations can be made through “VeneziaSì” Hotels Reservation (tel. +39045415222264,
fax +390455221242, e-mail [email protected]), who will provide special rates for participants (please make reference to
the Symposium). Also reduced boat/bus fares (city centre to conference venue) and free entrance to some museums
are envisaged.
Registration fee
(including 2 lunches, 3 coffee-breaks, and social events)
before 15 April 2006: 150 Euros, 100 Euros for ICOH members in good standing
and students
after 5 April 2006: 200 Euros, 150 Euros for ICOH members in good standing
and students
New publication
Three SCs of ICOH, namely the Scientific Committee on Occupational Health and
Development, Occupational Health Nursing, and Pesticides organized in collaboration
with WHO, WHO Regional Office for Europe and ILO a Workshop on Occupational
Health Services on 24 January 2005.
The proceedings of the Workshop have now been published. The publication
contains descriptions of the new concept of Basic Occupational Health Services and the
WHO and ILO responses to that. In addition, it analyses the status and development
needs of occupational health services in Armenia, the Russian Federation and The
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in the European Region, in Ghana and Kenya
in the African Region, in India and Nepal in the Asian Region, and in Colombia and
Ecuador in the Latin American Region.
Should you wish to get a copy, the price is 10 euros + mailing costs. The publication can be ordered from
Ms. Suvi Lehtinen
Finnish Institute of Occupational
Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
FIN-00250 Helsinki Finland
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Candidates for ICOH Officers and Board
Ballots will be mailed to all members of ICOH in good standing for triennicen 2002 – 2005 by the Secretary General.
Voters will return the ballots by mail no later than May 11, 2006.
(For the CVs of candidates please see http://www.icohweb.org/news/2006_2008_nominees.html)
PRESIDENT
Name
1. Prof. Jorma RANTANEN
Country
Finland
Nominated by the following ICOH members:
Pier Alberto BERTAZZI (Italy)
Ruddy FACCI (Brazil)
Sven HERNBERG (Finland)
Sergio IAVICOLI (Italy)
Jerry JEYARATNAM (Sri Lanka)
Bengt KNAVE (Sweden)
Antonio MOCCALDI (Italy)
Toshiteru OKUBO (Japan)
Country
Italy
Tar-Ching AW (United Kingdom)
Abdeljalil EL KHOLTI (Morocco)
Marilyn Ann FINGERHUT (USA)
Jerry JEYARATNAM (Sri Lanka)
Antonio MOCCALDI (Italy)
Franklin K. MUCHIRI (Kenya)
Jorma RANTANEN (Finland)
VICE PRESIDENTS
Name
1. Prof. Alain CANTINEAU
Country
France
Jean François CAILLARD (France)
Tee Lee GUIDOTTI (USA)
John HARRISON (United Kingdom)
Louis PATRY (Canada)
Name
2. Dr. Marilyn Ann FINGERHUT
Country
USA
Gerry EIJKEMANS (The Netherlands)
Max LUM (USA)
Jukka STARCK (Finland)
Gregory R. WAGNER (USA)
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Country
Japan
Toru ITANI (Japan)
Norito KAWAKAMI (Japan)
Suvi LEHTINEN (Finland)
Antonio MUTTI (Italy)
Norihide TACHI (Japan)
Ken TAKAHASHI (Japan)
BOARD MEMBERS
Name
1. Prof. Sin-Eng CHIA
SECRETARY GENERAL
Name
1. Dr. Sergio IAVICOLI
Name
3. Dr. Kazutaka KOGI
Country
Singapore
Hock-Siang LEE (Singapore)
Roberto LUCCHINI (Italy)
Gerhard TRIEBIG (Germany)
Name
2. Dr. Yucel DEMIRAL
Country
Turkey
Marta PETYX (Italy)
Cinzia Lucia URSINI (Italy)
Name
3. Dr. Ian EDDINGTON
Country
Australia
Noela EDDINGTON (Australia)
Kaj ELGSTRAND (Sweden)
René MENDES (Brazil)
André WEEL (The Netherlands)
Name
4. Dr. Kaj ELGSTRAND
Country
Sweden
Ian EDDINGTON (Australia)
Ester GALLI (Brazil)
Nils PETERSSON (Sweden)
Name
5. Dr. Abdeljalil EL KHOLTI
Country
Morocco
Kazutaka KOGI (Japan)
Annie LEPRINCE (France)
Louis PATRY (Canada)
Name
6. Prof. Richard ENNALS
Country
United Kingdom
Ian EDDINGTON (Australia)
David HARRISON (United Kingdom)
John HARRISON (United Kingdom)
Ken PARSONS (United Kingdom)
Francis George ROSE (United Kingdom)
Name
7. Dr. Brigitte FRONEBERG
Country
Germany
Alain CANTINEAU (France)
Janine CANTINEAU (France)
Julietta GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ (Colombia)
Pietro NATALETTI (Italy)
Gustav SCHÄCKE (Germany)
Frank J-H. van DIJK (The Netherlands)
Name
8. Prof. Hua FU
Country
P. R. of China
You-Xin LIANG (China)
Ignatius Tak-sun YU (China)
Name
9. Prof. Michel GUILLEMIN
Country
Switzerland
Marcel-André BOILLAT (Switzerland)
Jean-François CAILLARD (France)
Name
10. Prof. Petter KRISTENSEN
Country
Norway
Sverre LANGÅRD (Norway)Curriculum Vitae
Sverre LANGÅRD (Norway)
Bente E. MOEN (Norway)
Name
11. Prof. Tore J. LARSSON
Country
Sweden
Name
12. Ms. Suvi LEHTINEN
Country
Finland
Max LUM (USA)
Franklin K. MUCHIRI (Kenya)
Jukka TAKALA (Finland)
Gregory R. WAGNER (USA)
Name
13. Dr. Annie LEPRINCE
Country
France
Jean François CAILLARD (France)
Jean-Luc MARIÉ (France)
Robert ORFORD (USA)
Name
14. Prof. Marco MARONI
Country
Italy
Pietro APOSTOLI (Italy)
Massimo BOVENZI (Italy)
Giancarlo CESANA (Italy)
Innocente FRANCHINI (Italy)
Maurizio MANNO (Italy)
Leonardo SOLEO (Italy)
Name
15. Prof. René MENDES
Country
Brazil
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Tee Lee GUIDOTTI (USA)
Name
16. Prof. Jorge MORALES
Shrinivas Murlidhar SHANBHAG (India)
Siva SIVARAMAKRISHNAN (India)
Name
21. Ms. Jennifer SERFONTEIN
Country
Mexico
Elia L. ENRIQUEZ VIVEROS (Mexico)
Rodolfo NAVA HERNÁNDEZ (Mexico)
Robert ORFORD (USA)
Todor POPOV (Bulgary)
Antonio F. WERNER (Argentina)
Name
17. Dr. Franklin K. MUCHIRI
Country
Kenya
Marta PETYX (Italy)
Jukka TAKALA (Finland)
Name
18. Prof. Antonio MUTTI
Country
Italy
Giuseppe ABBRITTI (Italy)
Pietro APOSTOLI (Italy)
Giancarlo CESANA (Italy)
Larry K. LOWRY (USA)
Gerhard TRIEBIG (Germany)
Name
19. Prof. Gunnar NORDBERG
Country
Sweden
Ole ANDERSEN (Denmark)
Christer EDLING (Sweden)
Bruce A. FOWLER (USA)
Lars JÄRUP (United Kingdom)
Koji NOGAWA (Japan)
Monica NORDBERG (Sweden)
Harri VAINIO (Finland)
Name
20. Dr. Thirumalai RAJGOPAL
Country
India
Stephen W. BORRON (USA)
Andreas FLUECKIGER (Switzerland)
Ganesh K. KULKARNI (India)
Michael NASTERLACK (Germany)
Shyam PINGLE (India)
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Country
South Africa
Jalmari HEIKKONEN (Finland)
Kirsti HEINONEN (Finland)
Eeva HIMMANEN (Finland)
Birgitta KINNUNEN (Finland)
Marjatta PEURALA (Finland)
Kitta ROSSI (Finland)
Name
22. Prof. Ken TAKAHASHI
Country
Japan
Tar-Ching AW (United Kingdom)
Name
23. Prof. Frank J. H. van DIJK
Country
The Netherlands
Monique FRINGS-DRESEN (The Netherlands)
Carel T. J. HULSHOF (The Netherlands)
Piet J. KROON (The Netherlands)
Judith K. SLUITER (The Netherlands)
Dick SPREEUWERS (The Netherlands)
Name
24. Dr. Martha WATERS
Country
USA
Marta PETYX (Italy)
Name
25. Robert W. WATSON
Country
USA
Noela EDDINGTON (Australia)
Edward A. EMMETT (USA)
News from Scientific Committees
Health impact of unemployment, underemployment
and informal labour:
Problems of developed and developing countries
jointly organized by the Scientific Committees on Unemployment and Health &
Occupational Health and Development
Izmir, Turkey, 13–14 October 2005
There have
been rapid
changes in both
developed and
developing
countries.
Alongside the impressive accumulation of
knowledge on occupational health area
new problems have
been aroused. Among
them unemployment
and informal labour
are the twins of assailants of the working population and public
health. Moreover, spells of unemployment and insecurity do not
fall randomly among the working population. Less secure jobs
entail higher level of exposure to other hazards, and still with
lower income.
The Conference
was organized jointly
by U&H and OSH &
D scientific committees of ICOH. The
main aim of the conference was to explore
not only the relationship between unemployment and health but also that of underemployment and informal labour and health in developing and
developed countries. Employment status and health relationship within the development context were considered. Participants from different backgrounds stimulated beneficial discussions.
Some remarks from the Conference:
1. Research on “unemployment and
health effects” is mostly neglected in
developing countries.
2. Available research on unemployment
and health is also insufficient in terms
of quantity and quality.
3. Especially workforce participation and
informality of the labour market
should be considered as an important
structure in developing countries.
4. The social structure of the individual
countries is important. Both informal
labour and “informal social support”
e.g. aids from relatives have been stated as one of the key factors.
5. The gap between research and political will or practice is bigger in developing countries than developed ones.
Thus the focusing on risks in the workplace cannot always solve the problems.
6. National and international collaborative studies are needed to fill the gap.
However, cultural, traditional and economical problems may raise challenges for researchers.
7. Research should contain action plan
and implementation.
8. Trained manpower in OSH area
should be increased in developing
countries with contributions from national institutions and international
organizations such as ILO and ICOH.
9. ICOH could provide significant institutional networking in developing
countries.
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News from Scientific Committees
News from SCOHDev
Message du Président
Chers membres de la CIST,
The Vietnam Occupational Health Association and the National Institute of Occupational & Environmental Health in
Vietnam organized the 2nd International
Scientific Conference on Occupational &
Environmental Health, in collaboration
with the University of Washington, USA,
on 16–18 November 2005 in Hanoi. The
conference was supported by ICOH with
a token financial support to facilitate participation from developing countries.
The theme of our conference was
“Towards healthier and safer workplaces”. The objective of this conference was
to discuss healthy and safe workplaces
through interventions, recommendations
and promotion of professional capacity
especially through international collaboration. This conference focused on interventions, well implementing guidelines,
research collaboration in the region and
over the world.
Dr. Le Trung (Vietnam Association
of Occupational Health) was the conference Chairman and Prof. Mathew Keifer
(University of Washington, USA) was co-
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chairman of the conference. Dr. Shyam
Pingle, Regional Secretary (Asia), represented SCOHDev, ICOH at the conference.
This conference was attended by
more than 232 delegates working in the
field of occupational and environmental
health and school health from different
provinces and cities, universities, research
institutes, military institutions at national and local levels over Vietnam and 44
experts from USA, Australia, Japan, Korea, India, Thailand, Lao, Cambodia, etc.
and representatives of international organizations such as UNICEF, WHO &
ICOH.
A total of 12 keynote addresses were
presented in plenary session. 135 scientific reports were presented in different sessions including 85 oral presentations and
50 posters. The contents of papers focused
on occupational diseases, occupational
hygiene, psychophysiology of work and
ergonomics, school health, occupational
injuries, just to mention a few.
Ces dernières semaines ont été intenses et
il y a encore beaucoup à faire avant les
fêtes de fin d’année. En Europe du Nord,
le Noël est considéré comme la fête la plus
importante de l’année. Elle offre une bonne
occasion d’oublier le travail durant un
petit laps de temps et de donner la priorité à la famille ainsi qu’aux amis. L’esprit
de Noël se traduit par la paix, la sincérité,
la générosité et la bonne volonté. Ces valeurs sont respectées dans le monde entier malgré de nombreuses cultures et religions différentes.
L’année 2005 a été active – probablement la plus intense de la triennale. Les
Comités Scientifiques ont organisé des
dizaines de réunions, notre collaboration
avec les ONG sœurs et des organisations
internationales a été productive.
A la mi-décembre, les ministres du
commerce des pays membres de l’OMC
se sont rassemblés à Hong Kong pour les
négociations sur la libéralisation du commerce mondial. Les thèmes centraux
étaient la libéralisation du commerce des
produits agricoles et les subventions agricoles; et notamment la situation des produits agricoles des pays pauvres dans le
commerce mondial. Les résultats des négociations de Hong Kong auront une
importante conséquence sur les conditions
de travail des agriculteurs, particulièrement dans les pays en voie de développement. Espérons que l’évolution future sera
plus encourageante que celle des vingt
dernières années. La CIST doit être prête
à soutenir le développement des services
de base de la santé au travail dans le secteur agricole.
L’initiative sur les services de base
de la santé au travail faite par l’OMS, l’OIT
et la CIST est un outil approprié pour
cette action. Ce concept a été promu durant l’année 2005. Le modèle a été lancé
dans un atelier de travail de l’OMS, de la
CIST et de l’OIT à Helsinki en janvier 2005.
Depuis il a été présenté dans de nombreuses réunions internationales en Europe,
en Asie, en Afrique, en Amérique du Nord
et en Amérique latine. Les trois partenaires fondateurs du concept se sont rencontrés lors d’une réunion spéciale en octobre dernier pour planifier les démar-
ches futures dans l’implémentation et
l’adaptation des services de base de la santé au travail.
Une des six priorités de la période
triennale fut de renforcer notre collaboration avec les Organisations des Nations
Unies, particulièrement avec l’OMS et
l’OIT. Cela a été pleinement réussi. En plus
des soins de base de la santé au travail,
notre collaboration a portée sur la lutte
anti-tabac sur les lieux de travail, la prévention du cancer, l’amiante, la santé
mentale sur les lieux de travail, le travail
des enfants, la santé au travail et le développement ainsi que l’équité et la santé.
La coopération avec l’OIT a également été
très porteuse y compris notre contribution à la Stratégie Globale sur la sécurité
et la santé au travail et notre participation au dixième Congrès international sur
les maladies respiratoires professionnelles à Pékin. Nous avons également entrepris des activités communes dans le domaine de la sécurité et de la santé au travail en Chine et participé au renouvellement de la liste des maladies professionnelles de l’OIT.
L’organisation du Congrès 2006 de
la CIST est probablement a l’heure actuelle au sommet de sa préparation. Selon le Professeur Bertazzi, plus de 2.000
résumés ont été soumis aux organisateurs
et de nombreuses sessions sont déjà planifiées. Le congrès de Milan promet d’être
un événement important, probablement
un des congrès les plus grands dans l’histoire de notre association. Le Secrétaire
Général a reçu les candidatures officielles
pour l’élection du Bureau, du Conseil et
des Secrétaires Nationaux. Les bulletins
de votes seront envoyés aux membres au
cours du printemps 2006. Comme la nouvelle période triennale commencera en
juin, nous devons déjà prévoir les activités futures. Je voudrais demander que les
présidents et les secrétaires des Comités
Scientifiques programment bien en avance
leurs réunions à Milan. Les procédures
de l’élection nécessitent une planification
soigneuse et les résultats du scrutin devront être communiqués immédiatement
au Président, au Secrétaire Général et au
Vice-Président responsable des Comités
Scientifiques.
Finalement, je tiens à remercier tous
les membres de la CIST, le Bureau, le
Conseil et les Comités Scientifiques pour
leurs efforts durant l’année 2005. Je vous
souhaite mes meilleurs vœux dans l’esprit de Noël. Que l’année 2006 soit pleine
de succès et, si possible, encore plus fructueuse que l’année 2005.
Mes années à la
CIST
par Bengt Knave
Mots de l’Editeur
L’année 2005 s’est vite écoulée. La réunion
de la mi-période de la CIST en janvier 2005
nous a fourni beaucoup d’information
sur les activités des Comités Scientifiques.
Les documents de la réunion se trouvent
sur Internet sur http://www.icohweb.org/
pdf/minutes_20050128_board_helsinki.
pdf et http://www.icohweb.org/pdf/minutes_20050127-29_sc-officers_helsinki.
pdf.
Le site Internet de la CIST est sur
http://www.icohweb.org. Vous pouvez y
lire aussi notre bulletin d’information.
Cette année, le bulletin de la CIST a
aussi fait une rétrospective sur les dernières décennies ayant pour but de inciter les
actions futures. Dans chaque numéro,
nous avons publié un article écrit par un
ancien président de la CIST. Dans ce numéro, nous avons le privilège de lire l’article du professeur Bengt Knave. A cet
égard, je veux remercier Sven Hernberg,
Jean-François Caillard et Bengt Knave
pour nous avoir fait comprendre les décisions et les aspirations de la CIST pendant ces 25 dernières années.
Le congrès ICOH2006 approche : il
est annoncé sur www.icoh2006.it. Le prochain bulletin paraîtra à la mi-avril 2006.
La date de clôture pour l’envoi des textes
est le 28 février 2006. Je vous prie d’envoyer
vos
contributions
à
[email protected]. Pour recevoir votre
exemplaire à temps, veuillez vérifier que
vous êtes en règle et que vous avez informé de tout changement d’adresse à
[email protected].
Au nom du Comité de rédaction, je
vous remercie tous pour votre participation de cette année et je vous souhaite tous
mes meilleurs vœux pour la nouvelle année 2006.
Mon engagement dans la CIST date depuis longtemps, je suis devenu membre
au début des années 1970 quand j’ai adhéré au Comité Scientifique sur la neurotoxicologie. Pendant les années 1980,’ j’ai
été membre du Conseil d’administration
du Comité Scientifique sur les facteurs
physiques. Entre 1990–93, j’ai fait partie
du Conseil de direction (sous la présidence de Sven Hernberg). De 1993 à 2000 j’ai
occupé le poste de Vice-Président (sous
la présidence de Jean-François Caillard)
et de 2000 à 2003 j’ai été Président. Durant
ces 25 ans, le monde du travail a subi de
grands changements, une des principales
raisons étant l’utilisation quotidienne des
ordinateurs. De plus, nos opinions sur le
travail ont changé. Nous avons compris
qu’un bon environnement de travail n’englobe pas seulement la santé et la sécurité
des travailleurs mais doit encourager le
développement professionnel et favoriser
une satisfaction personnelle au travail. De
plus, pendant ces dernières années de
nouveaux dangers ont attiré notre attention: violence physique, harcèlement et
pression psychologique au travail. Tout
cela a signifié que le champ d’activités de
la CIST a évolué durant toute ma participation.
Membres du Conseil en
2000–2003
Les membres du Conseil ont été en partie
les mêmes durant les périodes de 1993–
2000 et de 2000–2003 tout comme pendant celles de 1987–1993 et de 1993–2000.
Sous la présidence de Sven Hernberg,
Jean-François Caillard a agi comme VicePrésident et Jerry Jeyaratnam comme Secrétaire Général. Pendant la deuxième présidence de Jean-François, moi et Malcolm
Harrington étions Vice-Présidents avec
Jerry toujours à la même fonction. Pendant ma présidence Malcolm était l’autre
Vice-Président. Il y a donc eu un certain
roulement de fonctions au cours de ces
15
25 ans. C’est sûrement une des raisons
pour laquelle les transitions des présidences étaient toujours très faciles et que les
politiques principales de la CIST sont restées intactes. En fait, ce n’était pas une
grande révolution de succéder à JeanFrançois comme Président – c’était même
d’une certaine manière dans l’ordre des
choses. De toute façon, c’était un honneur et un privilège de commencer la présidence avec un Bureau aussi qualifié :
Malcolm Harrington et Ruddy Facci
j’ai participé aux activités des Comités
Scientifiques. Durant les années 1970 et
1980, j’ai été actif au sein des Comités sur
la neurotoxicologie, sur les facteurs physiques et sur la radiation au travail. Sous
la présidence de Jean-François entre 1993
et 2000, j’étais responsable des Comités
Scientifiques. Comme Président en 2000–
2003, je prenais part aux activités des
Comités avec une responsabilité différente.
Pendant ces dix années, le nombre
•
•
comme Vice-Présidents et Kee Seng Chia
comme Secrétaire Général.
Groupes de tâches et
réseaux de la CIST en 2000–
2003
Lors du Congrès de Singapour, il a été
décidé d’établir des Groupes de tâches et
des réseaux au sein du Conseil ayant pour
but de résoudre des questions précises.
Quelques-unes remontaient au Conseil
précédant et d’autres ont été abordées
pour la première fois en 2000. Certains
sujets ne pouvaient pourtant pas être résolus d’une manière satisfaisante lors du
trimestre et ont été transmis à la prochaine direction de la CIST. Les réseaux étaient
un autre type de nouvelle activité. Leur
but était de traiter des questions d’intérêt
général qui nécessitaient la coopération
de plusieurs Comités Scientifiques et de
Groupes de tâches.
Comités Scientifiques de la
CIST en 1993–2003
Depuismes premières années à la CIST,
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des Comités Scientifiques au nombre de
30 et 35, a été relativement constant. De
nouveaux Comités ont été formés dont
certains étaient dans le champ de ma compétence et de mon intérêt, par exemple
vision et travail, radiation au travail, organisation du travail et facteurs psychosociaux, chômage et santé, santé au travail et développement, santé et qualité de
l’air à intérieur des locaux, histoire et prévention des maladies environnementales
et professionnelles.
Quelques réflexions
personnelles
Quand je fais le point sur ces 25 années
au sein de la CIST, il y a quelques développements auxquels j’ai en partie contribué et que j’ai soutenus en collaboration avec d’autres personnes. Certains ont
débouché sur des réussites mais j’ai aussi
été déçu par divers points où malgré nos
efforts le but n’a pu être atteint.
• Membership: Le nombre des membres
de la CIST a atteint son sommet dans
les années 1980 avec plus de 2.000 adhérents. Depuis il y a eu une baisse con-
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tinue que toutes les administrations
dont je faisais partie essayaient en vain
d’enrayer. La raison principale de cette
diminution était une tendance sociale
où la santé au travail attirait moins de
ressources et d’intérêt. Un nouveau
modèle élaboré par Kaj Elgstrand pour
la réduction de cotisations des membres venant des pays en voie de développement, a été accepté par le Conseil
ainsi que l’Assemblée Générale 2003.
Travail des enfants. En 2002, la CIST a
publié une déclaration sur le travail des
enfants sur ses pages Internet. Dans
mon allocution principale au Congrès
de 2003, j’ai fait référence à une étude
récente qui révélait une prévalence très
haute de morbidité parmi les enfants
qui travaillaient au Bangladesh. Le
thème a été traité dans plusieurs sessions du Congrès ayant comme but
d’entreprendre des efforts communs
avec l’OIT, l’OMS et le Programme international pour l’élimination du travail des enfants.
Chômage et santé au travail. Durant
les 15 dernières années, la récession
mondiale a eu comme résultat la réduction de la taille des entreprises et
un taux de chômage élevé qui ont mené
à l’apparition de symptômes psychologiques et de réactions dépressives
chez les chômeurs. L’OIT a introduit le
concept de « l’emploi décent », et
l’Union européenne ne voulait pas
seulement plus d’emplois mais aussi
de meilleurs lieux de travail. Je pense
que la CIST est une des organisations
internationales responsable de la diffusion du savoir pour créer des emplois qui sont décents et meilleurs. J’ai
apprécié beaucoup le travail de notre
nouveau Comité Scientifique sur le
chômage et la santé. J’aurais aussi voulu établir plus de liens avec les associations internationales du marché du travail mais malgré nos efforts cela ne
s’est pas fait.
Les Congrès. A mon avis les Comités
Scientifiques constituent la colonne
vertébrale de la CIST. Les Congrès triennaux, par contre, représentent extérieurement. la CIST J’ai participé activement aux Congrès internationaux
de la CIST depuis la fin des années 1970,
particulièrement en 1996 à Stockholm
comme Président du Congrès et en
2003 à Iguassu Falls comme Président
de la CIST.
Finalement, je ne peux terminer cet
article sur mes années passées à la CIST
sans mentionner l’apport et la collaboration de diverses personnes. Mes plus profonds remerciements sont adressés à
madame Gunborg Jungeteg de l’Institut
suédois sur la vie au travail. Gunborg a
commencé son travail dans la CIST comme secrétaire mais au cours des années
elle est devenue une administratrice efficace et incontournable. Donc je voudrais
la remercier ainsi que d’autres collaborateurs pour leurs supports et leurs amitiés.
Nouvelles du Comité
Scientifique sur la santé au
travail et le développement
L’Association vietnamienne de la santé au
travail et l’Institut national de l’hygiène
de l’environnement et de la santé au travail au Vietnam ont organisé la deuxième
conférence sur la santé environnementale et au travail en collaboration avec l’université de Washington (Etats-Unis d’Amérique) qui a eu lieu du 16 au 18 Novembre 2005 à Hanoi (Vietnam). La conférence a été soutenue financièrement par
la CIST faciliter la participation des pays
en voie de développement.
Le thème de la conférence était «Pour
une meilleure santé et sécurité sur les lieux
de travail». L’objet de la conférence a été
de discuter comment améliorer la santé
et la sécurité sur les lieux de travail par
des interventions, recommandations,
promotion des compétences professionnelles et surtout par la collaboration internationale. L’accent de la conférence a
porté sur les interventions, sur l’implémentation des lignes directrices et la collaboration régionale et internationale
dans le domaine de la recherche.
Le Docteur Le Trung de l’Association vietnamienne de la santé au travail
était président de la conférence et le Professeur Mathew Keifer de l’université de
Washington y était co-président. Le Docteur Shyam Pingle, Secrétaire régional
pour l’Asie représentait le Comité Scientifique sur la santé au travail et le développement de la CIST. La conférence a attiré
plus de 232 délégations travaillant dans le
domaine de la santé environnementale,
de la santé au travail et de la santé scolaire
au Vietnam et 44 experts étrangers parmi
lesquels figuraient des représentants des
organisations internationales comme
l’UNICEF, l’OMS et la CIST.
Nouvelle publication
Trois Comités Scientifiques de la CIST,
c’est-à-dire le Comité Scientifique sur la
santé au travail et le développement, le
Comité Scientifique sur les pesticides et le
Comité Scientifique sur les soins infirmiers en santé au travail, ont organisé le
24 janvier 2005 un atelier sur les services
de santé au travail en collaboration avec
l’OMS, le bureau régional pour l’Europe
de l’OMS et l’OIT.
Le compte rendu de l’atelier est
maintenant disponible . Il contient les descriptions du nouveau concept des services de base de santé au travail et les réponses de l’OMS et de l’OIT. De plus il
analyse le statut et le besoin de développement des services de santé au travail en
Arménie (Fédération de Russie), en ExRépublique yougoslave de Macédoine
(Europe), au Ghana et au Kenya (Afrique), en Inde et au Népal (Asie) et en
Colombie et en Equateur (Amérique Latine).
Si vous désirez avoir un exemplaire du
livre dont le prix est de 10 euros plus le
coût postal, vous pouvez le commander
à:
Mme Suvi Lehtinen
Finnish Institute of Occupational
Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41 a A
FIN-00250 Helsinki Finlande
e-mail [email protected]
Un symposium satellite du
25ème Congrès International
de Santé au Travail
Travail posté et le vieillissement chez
les travailleurs des services de santé
Lors du Congrès 2006 de la CIST , un
symposium satellite sur le travail posté et
le vieillissement chez les travailleurs des
services de santé sera organisé du 8 au 10
juin 2006 à Venise (Italie). Le symposium
est organisé par trois Comités Scientifiques de la CIST qui sont le Comité Scientifique sur le travail posté et sur le temps
du travail, le Comité Scientifique sur le
vieillissement et le travail et le Comité
Scientifique sur les travailleurs des services de santé. Le symposium présentera
un forum de discussion sur la santé et les
conditions du travail dans le secteur de
santé, en particulier sur les aspects liés au
temps du travail et au vieillissement.
Dates limites :
- Le 30 novembre 2005 : deuxième annonce avec des informations plus détaillées
- Le 28 février 2006 : soumission des
résumés et inscription préliminaire
- Le 31 mars 2006 : information sur
l’acceptation des résumés
- Le 15 avril 2006 : inscription finale
Personne de contact :
Mme Daniela Fano (Secrétariat)
tél. + 39 02 503 20146,
fax + 39 02 503 20150
E-mail : [email protected]
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Candidats pour l’élection du
Bureau et du Conseil 2006–
2009
Les noms et les curriculums des candidats pour l’élection du Bureau et du Conseil de la CIST 2006–2009 se trouvent dans
la partie anglaise de ce bulletin en. Voici
les candidats pour les postes suivants :
Bureau
Président :
- Prof. Jorma Rantanen, Finlande
Secrétaire Général :
- Dr. Sergio Iavicoli, Italie
Vice Présidents :
- Prof. Alain Cantineau, France
- Dr. Marilyn Ann Fingerhut,
Etats-Unis d’Amérique
- Dr. Kazutaka Kogi, Japon
Conseil
- Prof. Sin-Eng Chia, Singapour
- Dr. Yucel Demiral, Turquie
- Mr. Ian Eddington, Australie
- Mr. Kaj Elgstrand, Suède
- Dr. Abdeljalil El Kholti, Maroc
- Prof. Richard Ennals, Grande-Bretagne
- Dr. Brigitte Froneberg, Allemagne
- Prof. Hua Fu,
République Populaire de Chine
- Prof. Michel Guillemin, Suisse
- Prof. Petter Kristensen, Norvège
- Prof. Tore J. Larsson, Suède
- Mme Suvi Lehtinen, Finlande
- Dr. Annie Leprince, France
- Prof. Marco Maroni, Italie
- Prof. René Mendes, Brésil
- Prof. Jorge Morales, Mexique
- Mr. Franklin K.Muchiri, Kenya
- Prof. Antonio Mutti, Italie
- Prof. Gunnar Nordberg, Suède
- Dr. Thirumalai Rajgopal, Inde
- Mme Jennifer Serfontein, Afrique du Sud
- Prof. Ken Takahashi, Japon
- Prof. Frank J. H. van Dijk, Pays-Bas
- Dr. Martha Waters,
Etats-Unis d’Amérique
- Robert Watson, Etats-Unis d’Amérique
Publishing dates for the ICOH Newsletter in 2005 and 2006
1/2006
2/2006
3/2006
15 April 2006
31 August 2006
10 December 2006
materials by 28 February 2006
materials by 15 July 2006
materials by 31 October 2006
ICOH 2006
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ACCIDENT PREVENTION
AGING AND WORK
AGRICULTURE AND RURAL HEALTH
ALLERGOLOGY AND IMMUNOTOXICOLOGY
BIOHAZARDS AT THE WORKPLACE: RISK ASSESS
MENT AND HEALTH SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES
BIOTERRORISM
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
CHILD LABOUR
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE AND
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
DIGESTIVE DISEASE IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN OCCUPATIONAL
HEALTH
ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS
EPIDEMIOLOGY IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
ETHICS IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH research and
practice
EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND EXPOSURE
MODELLING
EVIDENCE-BASED OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
PRACTICE
FIBERS AND FIBROUS MATERIALS
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GUIDELINES FOR GOOD OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
PRACTICE
GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION IN
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
HANDICAP AND WORK
HEALTH CARE WORKERS
HEALTH EFFECTS FROM COMBINED EXPOSURES
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
HEALTHY LIVING AND HEALTHY WORKING:
HEALTH PROTECTION AND PROMOTION
HISTORY OF PREVENTION OF OCCUPATIONAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASES
INDOOR AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH
INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
LOW BACK DISORDERS
UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY DISORDERS
MULTIPLE CHEMICAL EXPOSURES
NANOTECHNOLOGIES AND NANOPARTICLES
NON-IONIZING RADIATION: EXPOSURE AND
HEALTH EFFECTS
NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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OCCUPATIONAL CANCER AND CARCINOGENESIS
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SKIN
DISEASE
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FOR HEALTH CARE
WORKERS
OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES: DIAGNOSTIC
PROCEDURES, SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, AND
COMPENSATION ISSUES
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN AGRICULTURE
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING
OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY AND
BIOMONITORING
ORGANIC DUSTS
OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA
OLD AND NEW OCCUPATIONAL INFECTIOUS
DISEASES
PESTICIDES
PHYSICAL HAZARDS AT WORK
PNEUMOCONIOSIS
RADIATION AND WORK
REFERENCE AND LIMIT VALUES IN O.H.
PREVENTION
REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS
RETURN TO WORK INTERVENTION
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RISK ASSESSMENT OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE IN
AGRICULTURE: MEASUREMENTS, MODELS AND
PROFILES
SHIFTWORK, NIGHTWORK AND FLEXIBLE
WORKING HOURS
SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES AND INFORMAL
SECTOR
STRESS AND WORK
THE OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN AND THE
GENERAL PRACTITIONER
THERMAL FACTORS
TOXICOLOGY OF METALS
TOXICOLOGY OF SOLVENTS
UNEMPLOYMENT AND HEALTH
VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT IN WORKPLACES
VIBRATION AND NOISE
VETERANS’ HEALTH AND MILITARY
POST-DEPLOYMENT SYNDROMES
WORK ABILITY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF
AGING WORKERS
WOMEN, WORK AND HEALTH
WORK ORGANIZATION, WORK-RELATED STRESS
AND PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS
WORK AND VISION
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ICOH
Officers
President
Prof. Jorma Rantanen
c/o Finnish Institute of
Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41a A
FIN – 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Tel: +358 30 474 2010
Fax :+358 30 474 2548
e-mail : [email protected]
Secretary General
Dr. Sergio Iavicoli
ISPESL
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Prevention
Via Fontana Candida 1
00040 Monteporzio Catone
(Rome), Italy
Tel: +39 06 94181407
Fax: +39 06 94181556
Vice-President
Dr. Ruddy C Facci
Health at Work International
Institute
Rua Xv De Novembro 1425
Curitiba - Parana
CEP 80060-000, Brazil
Tel: +55 41 264 6363
Fax: +55 41 264 9446
Vice President
Prof. Alain Cantineau
University Inst. Health Work
Environment Faculty of Medicine
Louis Pasteur University - Hôpital
Civil
1 Place de l’Hôpital
67091 Strasbourg, France
Tel: +33 3 88116 466
Fax : +33 3 88116 524
e-mail :
[email protected]
Past President
Prof. Bengt Knave
National Institute for Working Life
S-11279 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 619 6737
Fax: +46 8 618 3635
E-mail: [email protected]
ICOH Board Members
Prof. Tar-Ching Aw
University of Kent
Canterbury CT2 7PD, Kent, UK
Tel: +44(1227)-827329
Fax: +44(1227)-724054
Mr. Ian Eddington
Faculty of Business, University of
Southern Queensland
Post Office Darling Heights
Toowoomba, Qld 4350, Australia
Tel: +61 746 311250
Fax: +61 746 315594
Mr. Kaj Elgstrand
National Institute for Working Life
SE-113 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 619 6742
Fax: +46 8 618 3635
Prof. Abdeljalil El Kholti
Faculty of Medicine of Casablanca
Hassan II - Ain Chock University
P.O. Box 9154 20100 Casablanca
Morocco
Tel: +212 22 471454/222555
Fax: +212 22 298070
[email protected]
Prof. Richard Ennals
Kingston Business School
Kingston University
Kingston Hill – Kingston KT2 7LB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 20 8547 7242
Fax: +44 20 8 547 7024
Prof. Hua Fu
Fudan University
P.O. Box 248138 Yixueyuan Road
Shanghai 200032, China
Tel: +86 21 5423 7202
Fax: +86 21 6422 3464
Prof. Tee L Guidotti
The George Washington University
Medical Center
2300 K Street, NW, Suite 201
Washington DC 20037, USA
Tel: +1 202 994 1765
Fax: +1 202 994 0011
Dr. Kazutaka Kogi
The Institute for Science of Labour
2-8-14 Sugao, Miyamae-ku
Kawasaki 216-8501, Japan
Tel: +81 44 977 2121
Fax: +81 44 977 7504
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Dr. Petter Kristensen
National Inst. of Occupational
Health
P.O. Box 8149 Dep
N0033 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 2319 5100
Fax: +47 2319 5200
Institut für Arbeitsmedizin
Humbold-Universität zu Berlin – F
Ostpreussendamm 111
D-12207 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 30 817 5548
Fax: +49 30 847 09406
e-mail:
[email protected]
Prof. Tore J. Larsson
KTH - Royal Institute of
Technology
Campus Haninge
Marinens väg 30
SE-136 40 Haninge, Sweden
Tel: +46 8 790 4821
+46 8 696 4803
Fax: +46 8 790 4800
email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Ms. Jennifer Serfontein
PO Box 27167
Greenacres 6057
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Tel: +27 41 401 2800
Fax: +27 41 401 2801
Email: [email protected]
Ms. Suvi Lehtinen
Finnish Institute of
Occupational Health
Topeliuksenkatu 41a A
FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland
Tel : +358 30 474 2344
Fax : +358 30 474 2548
Prof. Marco Maroni
International Centre for Pesticide
Safety (ICPS)
Regione Lombardia
Via Magenta 2520020 Busto
Garolfo - Milan, Italy
Tel: +39 331 568091
Fax: +39 331 568023
Prof. René Mendes
School of Medicine
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Rua Chicago, 685/801Sion – Belo
Horizonte-MG, Brazil
Tel: +55 31 3222 5242
Fax: +55 31 3222 5242
Dr. Louis Patry
Direction de la Santé publique
de Montréal-centre
1301 rue Sherbrooke Est
Montréal, Québec H2L 1M3,
Canada
Tel: +1 514 528 2400
Fax : +1 514 528 2459
Prof. Gustav Schäcke
Prof. Ken Takahashi
Department of Environmental
Epidemiology
University of Occupational &
Environmental Health
Orio, Yahatanishiku
Kitakyushu City 807-8555, Japan
Tel: +81 93 691 7454
Fax: +81 93 601 7324
Dr. Martha Waters
National Institute of
Occupational Safety and Health
4676 Columbia Parkway R-16
Cincinnati
Ohio 45226, USA
[email protected]

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