Mission & Goals

Mission Statement

IAOH is committed to enable occupational health professionals to make India's workplace healthy, safe and green-free from the ill effect of hazards, by evolving effective solutions.

Goals

IAOH has over 2000 occupational health physicians, Industrial hygienists, Safety professionals, Social workers and counselors to realize our future vision. In addition to strengthening our current activities, we plan to expand our scope to address the following broad objectives.

• Create awareness about health, safety and environmental hazards of industrial process among the public, workmen and the management of the industry particularly in the unorganized and hazardous sectors.
• Prepare time-bound projects for designing and implementing Occupational health, safety and Environmental protection in industry.
• Assist industries in design and implementation of Occupational Health Services within their workplaces to improve the quality of healthcare in general and in occupational diseases in particular.
• Start formal and informal training courses in Occupational health, Safety and Environment.
• Publish scientific journals, periodicals, books, literature and produce films, videos and computer software relevant to the field of Occupational health, Safety and Environment.
• Carry out research in Occupational health, Safety and Environment, independently and in collaboration with other agencies with similar aims and objects.
• Provide expertise in establishing Occupational Health Centres in and around industrial zones and in creating relevant protocols for health screening and for standards of fitness for work.
• Liaise with the government and statutory agencies in drafting legislations in the matters of Health, Safety and Environment and its implementation.
• Prepare a National Registry of Occupational health, Safety and Environment Experts in collaboration with other agencies and provide such services to the industry.
• Prepare software for Medical Records for Occupational health, Safety and Environment to provide management information.
• Collaborate with International agencies active in the field of Occupational health for cross-border transfer of technology with reference to best practices in Occupational health.