GLOBAL COLLABORATIONS

Input: Partners

Occupational health professionals, employers, workers, researchers, public health experts, and governments all have inherent knowledge and concerns regarding the health and safety of workers throughout the world. Sharing information and successful practices that reduce risks to workers provides a global perspective on potential solutions. Identifying knowledge gaps helps in setting global research priorities. Collaborative research with international partners may include new funding or in-kind contributions which help to leverage research dollars. Partners also add expertise or specialized experience to the research teams, which benefits the research, analysis, interpretation, communication, and implementation of the results.

A list of partners is provided here. Activities with these partners are described in the NIOSH Collaborations with Global Partners section.

• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
• International Labor Organization (ILO)
• International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
• International Standards Organization (ISO)
• Network of WHO Collaborating Centers in Occupational Health
  • 75 Collaborating Centers [PDF - 124 KB]
• International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
• International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
• International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coordinating Office for Global Health
• Institutes in individual countries with formal Letters of Agreement
  • Fraco Products, Ltd. (Fraco Inc.), Canada
  • SkyJack, Inc., Canada
• Institutes in individual countries with formal Memorandums of Understanding
  • National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), South Africa
  • Workplace Safety and Health Institute of Singapore (WSH Institute), Singapore
  • KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, Poland
  • SungKyunKwan University, Korea
  • Berufsgenossenschaftliches Institut für Arbeitsschutz (German Social Accident Insurance Institutions) (IFA), Germany
  • Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (ANSES), France
  • Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH)
  • CalFrac Well Services, Ltd., Canada
• Institutes cooperating on nanotechnology conferences and research
  • IRSST Quebec
  • Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), UK
• National organizations partnering with NIOSH on global activities
  • American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
    • Control Banding
  • National Safety Council (NSC)
    • World Safety Congress
    • Economic tools at company level
  • American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
    • Economic tools at company level