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Joint ISSA-ILO webinar: Social protection, occupational health and the Sustainable Development Goals
30 April 2025 | 11:00–12:30 CET | Online
- Simultaneous interpretation will be available in English, French, and Spanish
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Background
Social protection and occupational safety and health systems share a common public health objective: to promote healthy working lives and support workers through periods of illness, injury, and rehabilitation. Together, they address key social and environmental determinants of health—particularly through occupational health services and social protection schemes that provide access to health care, employment injury protection, and income security.
These services and schemes contribute significantly to Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health and wellbeing for all : by preventing occupational diseases, promoting safe and healthy working conditions, and supporting recovery, social protection schemes and occupational health services play a vital role in public health.
This joint ISSA–ILO webinar, organized jointly by the ILO Universal Social Protection Department and the ISSA Technical Commission on Medical Care and Sickness Insurance, will explore how occupational health services and social protection policies are interconnected, and can be further integrated. It will feature concrete examples from ISSA member institutions showcasing how these services are integrated into broader prevention and rehabilitation strategies for workers.
This webinar is part of the ISSA webinar series on mental health across the life course.
Agenda
- Welcome by Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, Secretary General, ISSA
- Welcome by Christina Behrendt, Head of Unit, Social Protection Department, ILO
- Technical introduction by Bernd Treichel, Senior Technical Specialist in Social Security (Prevention), ISSA
- Presentation of the report Bridging Social Protection and Occupational Health to Advance Sustainable Development Goals, by Nathalie Both, Social Protection and Health Technical Officer, Social Protection Department, International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Practical experience of PERKESO, by Dr Edrin Nazri, Head of Medical Opinion Branch, Social Security Organisation (PERKESO), Malaysia
- Practical experience of INAIL, by Diana Gagliardi, Senior Researcher, Department of Medicine, Epidemiology, Workplace and Environmental Hygiene, National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Italy
- Q&A – Discussion
- Conclusions