People reached
16,800
Completed programme
Urban Health and Occupational Safety
Occupational hazard audits, informal sector worker health screenings, ergonomics training, and personal protective equipment (PPE) training
IDI’s implementation role
Implementing partner for workplace health and safety protocols
Activities
Occupational hazard audits, informal sector worker health screenings, ergonomics training, and personal protective equipment (PPE) training
Reach and results
Households and institutions supported
180 informal and formal SME workplaces
Formed 45 active workplace safety committees in informal urban markets
Programme statistics
Hazard Remediation Rate
72.3% of identified high-risk physical workplace hazards corrected upon 6-month re-audit
PPE Compliance
Increased worker PPE usage from 14% to 61% in target informal metal fabricator sites
Workplace Injury Rate
Reported occupational injuries dropped by 29% in participating SMEs
Screening Coverage
5,200 informal sector workers screened for occupational lung diseases and hearing loss
Programme enquiries
Discuss this programme, community priorities or opportunities for collaboration.
Detailed programme framework
The sections below retain the programme’s activity explanations, monitoring guidance and planning considerations. Suggested measures and design guidance are distinct from the archive-reported activities and results above.
Programme purpose
Understand workplace health risks and support injury prevention and access to care among informal workers.
Community participation, inclusion and reliable evidence would guide programme design and review.
Activity framework
Programme priorities
Participatory assessment of workplace risks and protective practices
Worker health education and injury-prevention planning
Care-seeking research among informal workers, including welders
Service mapping and referrals for work-related injuries and health needs
Monitoring and learning
Protective practices, referral completion, time to seek care and worker-reported barriers to services.
Final indicator definitions and targets would follow programme design and baseline assessment.
Programme development
Planning would establish appropriate expertise, service-provider agreements, safeguarding and data protection. Research and clinical activities would require relevant approvals and qualified providers.
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