Occupational health 2012, para. 36

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The right to health requires States to take steps to prevent, treat and control diseases related to work. Despite the well-established connection between work and disease, the nexus between factors in the work environment and workers' health outcomes is not always clear or easily defined. This is particularly the case with regard to diseases caused by multiple factors. The complex relationship between work and disease is recognized in the ILO classification of diseases related to work as "occupational diseases," which have a specific link to a causal agent within the work environment; "work-related diseases," which have multiple causal factors, one of which may include a factor in the work environment; and "diseases affecting working populations," which lack a causal relationship with work but may be aggravated by factors in the work environment.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • All
Year
2012
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the HRC (2012), A/HRC/20/15, para. 36.
Paragraph number
36