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The Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Southeast Asia, Saima Wajd, emphasized the importance of preventing accidents and diseases at work on the occasion of the “World Day for Safety and Health at Work”. This information is given in an official statement.
Wazed emphasized the importance of this day in promoting the basic right of all workers to a safe and healthy environment. He cited alarming statistics that nearly 60 percent of the world’s population is engaged in work, making occupational health and safety a significant public concern.
Wazed said workplace illnesses and injuries caused 1.88 million deaths worldwide in 2016. The Southeast Asian region faced a disproportionately high burden of work-related mortality.
