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Covid-19

Topical Issues – 2020

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COVID-19: These are the women who make up the NIOH COVID-19 Occupational Health Outbreak Response Task Team

National Women’s Day – 9 August 2020 Mitigating COVID-19: These [...]

James Mabaso2020-08-09T12:50:17+02:00Aug 9th, 2020|

COVID-19 FAQs

1) What is coronavirus? Coronaviruses are an extremely common cause [...]

Miranda Raaff2020-03-18T11:41:48+02:00Mar 18th, 2020|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, FAQs, Newsroom, topical issues|

COVID-19 Factsheets for Workplaces

Workplace Toolkit This NIOH has devised fact sheets [...]

Shanaz Hampson2020-03-16T10:12:04+02:00Mar 14th, 2020|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, factsheet, Newsroom, NIOH, occupational health, prevention, tips, topical issues, workplace readiness|

COVID-19 Training Schedule: Week 16-19 March

NIOH COVID-19 Training Schedule: Week 16-19 March 2020

Shanaz Hampson2020-03-14T17:41:53+02:00Mar 14th, 2020|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, factsheet, Newsroom, NIOH, occupational health, prevention, tips, topical issues, Training, workplace readiness, workplaces|

COVID-19 Guidance on how to get your workplace ready

The World Health Organization (WHO), in January 2020, declared the [...]

Shanaz Hampson2020-03-06T13:24:46+02:00Mar 6th, 2020|Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, factsheet, Newsroom, NIOH, occupational health, prevention, tips, topical issues, workplace readiness|

Interpreting surveillance data is key to occupational health and safety

The Epidemiology and Surveillance Section of the National Institute for [...]

Miranda Raaff2020-02-26T13:45:17+02:00Feb 24th, 2020|Tags: Analysis Skills workshop, Dr Kerry Wilson, Epidemiology, Newsroom, surveillance, topical issues|

NIOH expert gives keynote address at South Africa’s first Nanotechnology Symposium

South Africa held its first Nanotechnology Symposium on Health, Safety [...]

Miranda Raaff2020-02-11T09:37:58+02:00Feb 11th, 2020|Tags: Nanotech Symposium, Nanotechnology, Newsroom, Prof Mary Gulumian, topical issues, Toxicology|

Occupational health resolutions for 2020

31 January 2020 By Dr Spo Kgalamono, Acting Executive Director [...]

Miranda Raaff2020-01-31T15:31:39+02:00Jan 31st, 2020|Tags: Dr Spo Kgalamono, mental health in the workplace, Newsroom, NIOH, tips for employers, topical issues, workplace wellness|