Thailand, for example, has piloted a project to provide
basic occupational heal th ser vices to al l community
workplaces. Migrant workers can be covered along with
Thai workers from small enterprises, informal economy
workplaces and rural farms in the same community.
Heal t h per s onnel i n pr i mar y care uni t s l ocat ed i n
communi t i es have recei ved OSH t rai ni ng and now
function as basic occupational health service (BOHS)
providers. The BOHS services include practical OSH
risk-assessment, consultation and training for all people
in the community.
Protecting workers and businesses from pandemic
human influenza
Enterprises need to protect their employees, customers
and businesses from the current outbreak of human
influenza (H1N1). The Ministry of Labour of Thailand
and the ILO, for example, have worked together with
ot her government agenci es, workers and empl oyers
to strengthen preventive actions in workplaces. Our
c ol l a bor a t i ve a c t i v i t i e s ha ve : i ) a s s i s t e d s ma l l a nd
medium enterprises (SMEs) in protecting the health of
their employees and their businesses from the pandemic
human influenza and ii) promoted the national policy to
support SMEs.