In collaboration with WHO and ILO a joint methodology for estimating the burden of work-related diseases and injuries, to produce the first joint WHO/ILO estimates of the effect of occupational ergonomic factors on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), except low back pain. This joint methodology will include the existing estimation methodologies of WHO and ILO for selected pairs of risk factors and outcomes. It will also add new methodologies for estimating the burden attributed to occupational ergonomic factors and MSDs.
Coordinating organisation
World Health Organization (WHO)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
People
Subas Neupane
Senior Research FellowFaculty of Social Sciences
Tampere University
phone number+358401909709
Kauppi Campus
Prakash K.C.
Postdoctoral Research FellowFaculty of Social Sciences
Tampere University
phone number+358504639513
Kauppi Campus
Jukka Takala
Riitta Sauni
Professor, (työterveyshuolto ja työlääketiede)Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
Tampere University
phone number+358504768034
Kauppi Campus
Riitta Sauni
Päivi Hämäläinen
Project CoordinatorProject Management Office
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
phone number+358406378285
Main Campus
Contact persons
Subas Neupane
Senior Research FellowFaculty of Social Sciences
Tampere University
phone number+358401909709
Kauppi Campus