2016 Topical Issues
Address by Mrs Joyce Mogale, NHLS ceo at launch of the NIOH gender, health and the world of work
The National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) is a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) and is administered under the NHLS Act. As the CEO, it is indeed my pride and pleasure to [...]
International day for the elimination of violence against women
The National Institute for Occupational Health supports the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Below is a message from the ILO Director-General Guy Ryder: Violence against one woman anywhere is a threat [...]
NAPHISA – the fight against a quadruple burden of disease
Recently (see Government Gazette No 39392, Vol. 605 of 11 November 2015), the National Assembly passed a Bill to establish the National Public Health Institutes of South Africa (NAPHISA) in order to conduct disease and [...]
Enter and track essential occupational health indicators with OHASIS
Occupational Health and Safety Information System (OHASIS) is a comprehensive occupational health information programme that was initially developed by the University of British Columbia but continued to be developed by NIOH in collaboration with UBC. [...]
New resource tool – OH&S Participant Action Research (PAR) methodology
The NIOH library team would like to make you aware of a new resource ‘ The ORT booklet,’ which we have made available for you online for you to read as we thought would be [...]