Work related injuries in Qatar: a framework for prevention and control
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2018Autor
Mehmood, Amber
Maung, Zaw
Consunji, Rafael J.
El-Menyar, Ayman
Peralta, Rubén
Al-Thani, Hassan
Hyder, Adnan A.
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Work related injuries (WRIs) are a growing public health concern that remains under-recognized, inadequately addressed and
largely unmeasured in low and middle-income countries (LMIC's). However, even in high-income countries, such as those in
Gulf Cooperating Council (GCC) like Qatar, there are challenges in assuring the health and safety of its labor population.
Countries in the GCC have been rapidly developing as a result of the economic boom from the petrochemical industry during
the early seventies. Economic prosperity has propelled the migration of workers from less developed countries to make up for
the human resource deficiency to develop its infrastructure, service and hospitality industries. Although these countries have
gradually made huge gains in health, economy and human development index, including improvements in life expectancy,
education, and standard of living, there remains a high incidence of work-related injuries especially in jobs in the construction
and petrochemical sector. Currently, there is scarcity of literature on work-related injuries, especially empirical studies
documenting the burden, characteristics and risk factors of work injuries and the work injured population, which includes large
numbers of migrant workers in many GCC countries. This paper will focus on the current understanding of WRIs in those
countries and identify the gaps in current approaches to workplace injury prevention, outlining current status of WRI prevention
efforts in Qatar, and propose a framework of concerted action by multi-sectoral engagement.
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