Occupational health challenges and success in developing countries: a South African perspective.
Implementation of occupational health and safety practices in South Africa is impeded not only by lack of funds, expertise, and technologic sophistication but also by worker apathy and employer ignorance, such that there is no pressure on government even to enforce existing regulations. The author explores the reasons for the problem, describes sporadic successes that have been achieved, and offers practical suggestions for improvement.
Joubert
Darren Mark
DM
Department of Environmental Health, Mangosuthu Technikon, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Darren@julian.mantec.ac.za
D003906:Developing Countries; D006801:Humans; D016272:Occupational Health; D012106:Research; D012924:Social Conditions; D013019:South Africa