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UNINA9910798461703321 |
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Taylor Rachel M. |
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Approaches to universal health coverage and occupational health and safety for the informal workforce in developing countries : workshop summary / / Institute of Medicine (U.S.) ; Rachel M. Taylor, Rapporteur |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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0-309-37409-X |
0-309-37407-3 |
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1 online resource (141 pages) |
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Health services accessibility - Developing countries |
Industrial hygiene - Developing countries |
Developing Countries |
Developing countries |
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Introduction -- Universal health coverage and occupational health and safety issues for the informal workforce -- Mapping solutions to universal health coverage inclusive of the informal workforce -- Responding to work-related health needs of informal sector workers -- Select country experience -- Closing remarks -- References -- Appendix A: workshop agenda -- Appendix B: speaker biographical sketches. |
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"Universal health coverage (UHC) has been recognized by the World Health Organization as a key element in reducing social inequality and a critical component of sustainable development and poverty reduction. In most of the world UHC is sought through a combination of public and private-sector health care systems. In most low- and middle-income countries health systems are evolving to increasingly rely on the private sector because the public sector lacks the infrastructure and staff to meet all health care needs. With growing individual assets available for private-sector expenditure, patients often seek better |
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access to technology, staff, and medicines. However, in low-income countries nearly 50 percent of health care financing is out-of-pocket. With the expected increase in the overall fraction of care provided through the private sector, these expenditures can be financially catastrophic for individuals in the informal workforce. In the global workforce of approximately 3 billion people, only 10 to 15 percent are estimated to have some type of access to occupational health services. The informal workforce is growing worldwide, and the degree to which its occupational health needs are satisfied depends on the capabilities of the general health care system. In July 2014, the Institute of Medicine held a workshop on approaches to universal health coverage and occupational health and safety for informal sector workers in developing countries. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from this workshop. Approaches to Universal Health Coverage and Occupational Health and Safety for the Informal Workforce in Developing Countries identifies best practices and lessons learned for the informal workforce in developing countries in the financing of health care with respect to health care delivery models that are especially suitable to meeting a population's needs for a variety of occupational health issues, including the prevention of or mitigation of hazardous risks and the costs of providing medical and rehabilitation services and other benefits to various types of workers within this population. These experiences and lessons learned may be useful for stakeholders in moving the discussions, policies, and mechanisms forward to increase equitable access to quality health services without financial hardship for the informal workforce"-- |
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UNINA9910557338003321 |
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Trianni Andrea |
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Enhancement of Industrial Energy Efficiency and Sustainability |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021 |
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1 online resource (294 p.) |
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Research & information: general |
Technology: general issues |
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Industrial energy efficiency has been recognized as a major contributor, in the broader set of industrial resources, to improved sustainability and circular economy. Nevertheless, the uptake of energy efficiency measures and practices is still quite low, due to the existence of several barriers. Research has broadly discussed them, together with their drivers. More recently, many researchers have highlighted the existence of several benefits, beyond mere energy savings, stemming from the adoption of such measures, for several stakeholders involved in the value chain of energy efficiency solutions. Nevertheless, a deep understanding of the relationships between the use of the energy resource and other resources in industry, together with the most important factors for the uptake of such measures-also in light of the implications on the industrial operations-is still lacking. However, such understanding could further stimulate the adoption of solutions for improved industrial energy efficiency and sustainability. |
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