2015 Topical Issues
World antibiotics awareness week
World Antibiotics Awareness Week takes place from 16-22 November. The campaign aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers, policy-makers and the agriculture sector to [...]
National nutrition week 2015 – healthy eating in the workplace
How can we improve eating practices at the workplace to contribute to achieving optimal nutrition status for all South Africans? Unhealthy workplace eating behaviour is believed to be playing a role in South Africa’s burgeoning [...]
Centres for disease control and prevention to be set up in Africa
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to be set up in Africa Thulani Gqirana, News24 | 07 October, 2015 07:26 Establishing Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa will ensure the continent is not [...]
Mental health awareness month
Mental Health Awareness Month 2015 1 – 31 October Mental health in the workplace: Supporting colleagues with mental health problems The month of October has been declared Mental Health Awareness Month with the objective of [...]
NIOH research day 2015
The world of work is forever changing and so are the occupational health and safety (OHS) challenges that workers and employers face on a daily basis, in both the formal and the informal economies. We [...]