European researchers focus on work’s impact on health
Approximately thirty leading European researchers, trade unionists and representatives of associations gathered this week for a seminar organized jointly by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), the Belgian association Santé & Solidarité, and the Free University of Brussels (ULB). The event was intended to present projects in which researchers and workers contribute their joint efforts in pursuit of a common goal, namely to raise visibility of the impact of work on health.
Occupational physician Patrick Cadeddu Martin presented Sisvel, an epidemiological monitoring system developed in the autonomous community of Valencia (eastern Spain). By means of this system, general practitioners are able, using a computerized tool, to communicate and share information on cases in which there is some suspicion that ailments are linked to the patient’s work. Since the system was launched in 2010, the number of declarations of occupational sickness in the Valencia region has increased steeply.