title: Advancing worker health and safety in the developing world.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Working conditions in the developing world seldom meet the minimum standards required by international agencies. This article addresses some of the major obstacles to occupational and environmental health and suggests methods by which they can be overcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  International agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) offer a number of programs that address the problem.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results of international efforts to date have been disappointing. There is a need for renewed efforts on the part of international agencies and the developed countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational health and safety can be advanced in the developing world with modest funding of innovative programs.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California 90095-1772, USA. lindarosenstock@ph.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenstock
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cullen
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fingerhut
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007390:International Agencies; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009790:Occupations; D012449:Safety; D014171:Transients and Migrants