Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year 2025!

Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year 2025!


Register for the ICOH Webinar: Emergencies in Occupational Medicine, 14 January 2025

Register for the ICOH Webinar: Emergencies in Occupational Medicine, 14 January 2025December 20, 2024
The ICOH Webinar “Emergencies in Occupational Medicine” will be held online on 14 January 2025 from 1.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. CET.
ICOH members in good standing will have free access to the event as an additional benefit included in their ICOH membership. Non-ICOH members will be charged a small fee for participation.
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Co-optation of two further ICOH Board Members for the triennium 2024-2027

December 19, 2024
Considering the gender and geographical imbalance of the original composition of the elected Board for the tenure 2024-2027, and compliant with ICOH Constitution, Article 5, Section 6 “[…] If necessary, no more than two further members of the Board chosen for their ability, or to represent a geographical region or a discipline, may be proposed by the President and co­opted by the Board”, the ICOH President has appointed Prof. Shade Omokhodion (Nigeria) and Prof. Begoña Martinez Jarreta (Spain) as ICOH co-opted Board Members for the triennium 2024-2027.

We would like to welcome the new ICOH Board Members and wish them a fruitful collaboration.


Dr. Max Robert Lum passed away

Dr. Max Robert Lum passed awayDecember 13, 2024
It is with great sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Dr. Max Robert Lum on November 19, 2024.

Until retirement in 2011, Dr. Lum was NIOSH’s Communication Director responsible for communications, research translation and international programs/extensive liaison with WHO, ISSA, ILO, PAHO.

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OH Guide for Entrepreneurs, Owners and Managers. Spanish translation now available!

December 11, 2024
The OH Guide “Creating a Safe and Healthy Workplace. A Guide to Occupational Health and Safety for Entrepreneurs, Owners and Managers” was edited by Tee Lee Guidotti and sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Occupational Health and Development in 2014. This guide represents a useful tool to promote a health and safety-oriented culture of cooperation among workers, managers, entrepreneurs, and governmental authorities. The translation into Spanish has been just completed and is now available for download in the ICOH website specific section.


Moving towards sustainability: Transition to digital membership certificates

November 7, 2024
In alignment with our commitment to sustainability, ICOH is pleased to announce a significant change in the production of membership cards.

As announced at the ICOH2024 Congress in Marrakesh, we have decided to replace physical membership cards with digital membership certificates to reduce our carbon footprint and eliminate plastic waste.

ICOH members in good standing can download their digital membership certificate from the Private Area of the ICOH website.

Members can now store their digital membership certificate on any device, ensuring convenient access whenever needed.

This shift will not only minimize the environmental impact associated with CO2 emissions but also enables us to reallocate resources to other valuable initiatives for our members.

For any questions or assistance in accessing your digital membership certificate, please contact us at icoh@inail.it.


ICOH webinar series – a new, free tool for ICOH members

October 1, 2024
We are pleased to announce the launch of the ICOH webinar series, covering a wide range of current topics in occupational health. ICOH members in good standing will have free access to the ICOH webinars as an additional benefit included in their ICOH membership. Non-ICOH members will be charged a small fee for participation.

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Prof. Jean-François Caillard passed away

Prof Jean-François Caillard passed awaySeptember 24, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Prof. Jean-François Caillard.

Prof. Caillard was professor in occupational medicine at the University of Rouen, France from 1979 to 2017, year of his retirement. His charisma and passionate commitment in issues related to health and social development earned him recognition at national and international level. He served as ICOH Board member from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 he was ICOH Vice-President in charge of the Scientific Committees. At the end of the ICOH Congress held in Nice, France, in 1993 he became the new elected President and served for two triennia (until 2000). He played a key role in the drafting and publishing of the ICOH Code of Ethics for Occupational Health Professionals...

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ICOH 2024 Congress proceedings now available online

July 10, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the abstracts presented at the ICOH2024 Congress have been published in an online supplement of ‘Occupational Medicine’, one of the key international journals in the field of occupational health. The supplement is now available on the Oxford Academic, Oxford University Press (OUP) platform.

To view all published abstracts, please visit the following link: https://academic.oup.com/occmed/issue/74/Supplement_1


ICOH Statements at the 112th Session of the ILO’s International Labour Conference, 3 - 14 June 2024, Geneva

ICOH Statements at the 112th Session of the ILO’s International Labour Conference, 3 - 14 June 2024, GenevaJune 07, 2024
Prof. Seong-Kyu Kang (ICOH President), Dr. Diana Gagliardi (ICOH Secretary General) and Dr. Jukka Takala (ICOH Past President) are representing ICOH at the 112th Session of the ILO’s International Labour Conference taking place from 3 June to 14 June 2024 in Geneva.

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