them understand their rights and
responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. OSHA is
also providing technical cooperation on worker safety in a number of
Latin American and Caribbean countries, including Bahamas, Barbados,
Colombia, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.
For its part, PAHO has been working with partners in the public and
private sectors in its Member States to develop and implement a
comprehensive “Healthy Workplaces” framework for policy and action that
focuses on both the physical and the psychosocial environment at work
and emphasizes the roles of employers, workers, and public health
specialists in creating safe and healthy workplaces.
“Considering that we spend two-thirds of our lives at work, the
workplace is being used more and more as a platform for health
promotion and prevention,” said Dr. Gross.
PAHO was established in 1902 and is the world’s oldest public health
organization. It works with all the countries of the Americas to
improve the health and quality of life of the people of the Americas
and serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health
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