| No images? Click here  Tuesday, 07 November 2023 MEDIA ADVISORY Virtual press conference on 8 November 2023 at 13:30 CET On 8 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) will publish world-first global estimates of the burden of non-melanoma skin cancer attributable to exposure to sunlight at work. With data for 183 countries (period 2000–2019), the estimates provide the first comprehensive global picture of the distribution of occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and the non-melanoma skin cancer caused by it, and identify workplaces as a key setting and key site for preventing skin cancer and promoting health of the skin. The estimates will enable countries to prioritize, design, plan, cost, implement and evaluate policies and interventions to protect workers from exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation in workplaces and prevent skin cancer caused by this exposure. WHO and ILO will launch the estimates at a joint virtual press conference on Wednesday, 8 November at 13:30 CET (Geneva time). Speakers will be:
Also available to answer questions will be Mr Halim Hamzaoui, occupational safety and health specialist and Mr Balint Nafradi, technical officer on OSH data, from ILO's Labour Administration, Inspection and Occupational Safety and Health Branch. Documents are offered to journalists upon request and under embargo, which lifts at 13:30 CET on 08 November 2023. To obtain a copy or request an interview with one of the experts, please email smailbegovica@who.int and mediainquiries@who.int. Join by Zoom:
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Note to journalists Please ensure you enter your name and media outlet (use name/outlet) when you sign in. Please make sure you have a microphone connected or active on your computer. To ask a question, please click "raise hand" and this will enter you into the queue for questions (it can be found under the tab: participants). You can also submit your questions in advance by email to smailbegovica@who.int with copy to mediainquiries@who.int WHO reserves the right to remove any participant whose behaviour causes any disruption.Note to the editor The estimates are based on the WHO report of the WHO/ILO systematic review of the effect of occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation on melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer issued in 2022. The report that presents the joint estimates will be published in the peer-reviewed, academic journal Environment International. An update of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates website will go live during the launch, which includes an update to the online application where countries can map and download all the new estimates and interactively explore their disaggregation by WHO region, sex and age group. The estimates are a part of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, which quantify the number of deaths and amount of health loss (disability-adjusted life years or DALYs) caused by occupational risk factors. According to the first joint estimates, almost 1.9 million people died from work-related diseases and injuries in 2016. This includes 750,000 deaths attributable to exposure to long working hours, which was first quantified as part of the WHO/ILO Joint Estimates and identified as the risk factor with the largest work-related burden of disease.  Media contacts:  You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list.  |
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: Virtual Press Conference on the launch of WHO/ILO Joint Estimates of the burden of non-melanoma skin cancer attributable to occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation
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