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OHHW 2019 preliminary Program

The main conference topic will be the global shortage of health workers. Different aspects are going to be presented and discussed in the light of this main topic. In addition, the congress is focusing on themes such as war, economic crisis, migration, and other critical circumstances that have a strong impact on health workers’ health.

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Monday
Oct. 21st, 2019
Tuesday
Oct. 22nd, 2019
Wednesday
Oct. 23rd, 2019
Thursday
Oct 24th, 2019
Friday
Oct 25th, 2019

Time
10:00 - 16:00	Workshop: HealthWISE – Work Improvement in Health Services

Time
8:00-9:00	Reception, Registration
9:00-9:30	Welcome messages, opening of the conference Gwen Brachman, SC OHHW, Volker Harth German, ICOH group, Stefan Brandenburg, CEO BGW, ISSA HW, Albert Nienhaus, President of the conference
9:30-10:15	Global shortage of health workers and the consequences for OSH Christiane Wiskow, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
10:15-11:00	Health systems without borders, re-thinking health system frameworks in times of forced migration Fouad M. Foud, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
11:00-11:15	Coffee break, Poster exhibition
11:15-11:45	Working conditions in a healthcare system in crisis – the case of Zimbabwe. Tawanda Nherera, BOC Zimbabwe (Pty) Ltd, Harare, Zimbabwe
11:45-12:15	HWs and informal health services in middle-east Fouad M. Fouad, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
12:15-12:30	Q + A with all presenters of the morning
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-17:30	DISPLACED PERSONS - providing health care to displaced persons and displaced health workers
13:30-14:00	Introduction – history of migration and general concepts, interventions for immigrant HWs in NYC Acran Salmen - Navarro, NYU School of Medicine, USA
14:00-14:30	Doctors without borders. Occupational risk factors for health workers in a humanitarian crisis? Carlos José Chavera Bianchi, Argentina, Hospital Carlos Bonorino Udaondo
14:30-15:00	DANGER! Health workers at risk: Working with refugees, immigrants, migrants, displaced persons, and persons in areas of conflict. Mason D. Harrell, FACOEM, USA
15:00-15:30	Healthcare in crisis situations - the example of Venezuela Igor Bello, Venezuela, Venezuelan Society on Occupational Health
15:30-16:00	Coffee break, Poster exhibition
16:00-16:30	Displaced health workers and healthcare in crisis situations from an African perspective Ehi Iden, CEO, Occupational Health and Safety Managers, Lagos, Nigeria
16:30-17:00	Women health and health care in conflict settings. Rima Habib, Beirut, Lebanon, American University of Beirut
17:00-17:30	Working conditions of HCW in developing countries – a North African Perspective Abdeljalil El Kholti, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Morocco
17:30-18:00	The Ebola Experience – Sending HW to endemics and receiving infectious patients from abroad Stefan Schmiedel, Bernhard Nocht Institute Hamburg, Germany
18:00-19:00	Come together and poster walk
20:00-22:00	Evening program: Boat tour (Habour and Elbe at night)

Time
8:00-9:00	Reception, Registration, Coffee, Poster and Industry Exhibition
9:00-9:30	Achieving a Sustainable Health Care Workforce through Macroergonomics Andrew S. Imada, Ph.D. Former President of the International Ergonomics Association, USA
9:30-10:00	Vision zero – how to create a culture of prevention </br> Marija Bubas, Croatia, Croatian Institute for health Protection and Safety at Work
10:00-10:30	Occupational skin diseases in HW, Risk factors, Prevention and Rehabilitation Strategies Sven Malte John, IDerm, University Osnabrück, Germany
10:30-11:00	Coffee break, Poster and Industry Exhibition

11:00-11:30	New delivery systems and telemedicine in times of shortage of occupational health specialists William Buchta, Mayo Clinics, USA
11:30-11:45	Zero TB and Non Communicate Diseases in the UN Declaration - ICOH Efforts Gwen Brachman, New Jersey, USA, SC OHHW
11:45-12:15	Protecting HCWs from TB in high risk settings: we need a comprehensive approach Rodney Ehrlich, South Africa, University of Cape Town (UCT)
12:15-12:30	Q + A with all presenters of the morning
12:30-13:30	Lunch break, SC OHHW business meeting
13:30-17:15	Parallel sessions 1/2/3 1. Ergonomics in Prevention of Musculoskeletal Conditions in Health Workers. 2. Psycho-Social Exposure in Health Workers. 3. Occupational Infectious Agents: health and humanitarian workers and beyond, Session organized and coordinated by Working Group Occupational Infectious Agents (WGOIA) See flyer: Parallel Sessions
15:00-15:30	Coffee break, Poster exhibition
17:00-18:00	Midterm Meeting WGOIA
17:00-18.00	Poster walk
18:30-19:30	Come together in the Curio House with live music
19:30-24:00	Conference Dinner

Time
8:00-8:30	Reception, Registration, Coffee, Poster exhibition
8:30-09:00	Occupational Health as Public Health: an integrated vision Marcia Bandini, Brasil, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
9:00-9:30	Gender issuses in the health care sector in Europe – results from EU-OSHA research. Elke Schneider, EU-OSHA, Switzerland
9:30-10:00	Pregnancy and immunization in the health sector Viviana Gómez-Sánchez, Latin American Association on Occ Health/PAHO, Costa Rica
10:00-10:30	Coffee break, Poster exhibition
10:30-11:00	Adaptations of workplaces for pregnant women in the health sector Danileing Lozada, Venezuela, USA
11:00-11:30	Occupational Nursing in the XXI century Astrid Garrido, Ludwig Maximillian University (LMU), Munich, Germany
11:30-12:00	Risk management in Health Centers: a gender approach Igor Bello, Venezuela, Venezuelan Society on Occupational Health
12:00-12:30	Current and emerging issues in the healthcare sector, including home and community care – the European Risk Observatory Report Lorenzo Munar, EU-OSHA Bilbao, Spain
12:30-13:30	Lunch break
13:30-15:30	Parallel sessions 1/2/3 1. Improving OSH systems and Women Health and Work (WHW) 2. Vision zero – Culture of prevention – approaches and implementations 3. Tuberculosis (TB) in Health Workers See flyer: Parallel Sessions
15:30-16:00	Coffee break, Poster exhibition
16:00-16:45	Closing session of the conference

Time
9:00 – 15:00	Workshop Prevention of Violence in Healthcare