The International Occupational Hygiene Association welcomes this practical guidance from the ILO and the WHO. We believe it will show the way forward for countries still using chrysotile asbestos and assist them to set up national programmes to eliminate asbestos-related diseases. We are especially grateful to the ILO & WHO for their stated commitment to providing guidance, advice and practical tools to help individual countries identify the extent of asbestos-related disease and to develop their own programmes, based on proven approaches, to eliminate them. Workers are most at risk of contracting these diseases due to poorly controlled, and often unrecognised, exposure to asbestos materials in their daily labours. We urge governments around the world, particularly in
the developing world, to take up this offer.

See http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/cis/oshworld/news/asb-outline.htm

The IOHA Newsletter April 2007 is now available online 

 Contents
• Letter from the Editor
• News from the IOHA Board
• News from Member Associations
• News from WHO
• News from the European Union
• Contributions from readers

o Occupational Health and Safety Research Institute, Canada
o Analytical Method for Asbestos - February, 2007, Japan
o More on the Global Harmonization of Labelling and Classification of Chemicals (GHS)

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The IOHA Newsletter 14.2 November 2006 is now available online

• Letter from the Editor
• News from the IOHA Board

• Summary of the IOHA President’s Report, 2005 – 2006
• IOHA Board meeting
• IOHA Recognition of National Occupational Hygiene Certification/Accreditation Schemes
• Collaboration with WHO
• High Level Inter-Country Consultation on the WHO Global Plan of Action
• Elimination of asbestos-related diseases

• News from Member Associations
• Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety (FOHS)
• News from WHO
• News from the European Union
• Contributions from readers