About IOHA

IOHA's objectives are to:

promote and maintain a high standard of ethics in the practice of occupational hygiene internationally.
improve the calibre of practitioners of occupational hygiene internationally by promoting and co-coordinating vocational training and by encouraging the further development of, and seeking to promote the status of, occupational hygiene as a profession throughout the world.
advance and maintain the high level of professional competence through recognition of national accreditation schemes.
improve, promote and develop the professional practice of occupational hygiene so as to improve and protect worker health and well being throughout the world.
promote the exchange of information about occupational hygiene among organisations and individuals internationally, e.g. through the organising of international conferences and networking through websites;
collaborate and cooperate with other societies, national and international organisations in the promotion of occupational hygiene for the protection of work force;
provide the international voice of the occupational hygiene profession through its recognition as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) by the ILO (International Labour Organisation) and WHO (World Health Organisation).