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  The National Health Laboratory Service’s (NHLS) Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH), is recognised internationally for excellence in research, services and training to support occupational health services not only in South Africa but also in Southern Africa through its extensive outreach activities and collaborations.
  
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  The NIOH provides cost effective occupational health services to national and provincial government departments as well as support for occupational health and safety inside the NHLS. This support work has included advice to regulatory authorities, employers, unions and individual employees.
  
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- Diploma In Occupational Health (DOH)
  The Wits School of Public Health, in association with the National Institute for Occupational Health, offers a Diploma in Occupational Health (DOH) over two years part-time. The diploma is for medical doctors in possession of a MBChB, MBBCh or equivalent.
  
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  The epidemiology and surveillance unit provides training on a well recognised data analysis software package STATA (stata corp). STATA is increasingly used in academic settings and those areas where flexibility in analysis is necessary.
  
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  The Wits School of Public Health, in association with the National Institute for Occupational Health, offers a Diploma and Masters degree in Occupational Hygiene over two or three part time years with a new intake of students every second year.
  
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Covid-19

NIOH

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|

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|

Prof Mary Gulumian honoured at international ceremony

Professor Mary Gulumian, the head of Toxicology Research Projects for [...]

Miranda Raaff2019-12-17T16:33:19+02:00Dec 13th, 2019|Tags: Newsroom, NIOH, Prof Mary Gulumian, Risk analysis, SRA, Toxicology|

NIOH hosts successful Webster Day 2019

22 November 2019 The National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOH) [...]

Miranda Raaff2020-01-09T10:04:43+02:00Nov 22nd, 2019|Tags: Dr Spo Kgalamono, mental health in the workplace, Newsroom, NIOH, Webster Day|