WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health

As part of an international collaborative network in support of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) programmes at the county, inter-county, regional and global levels, the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) has been designated a WHO Collaborating Centre (WHO CC) for Occupational Health.

As a collaborating centre, the School will play an important role in supporting WHO in the strengthening of countries’ resources, in terms of information, services, research and training, in support of national health development, in Singapore and beyond.

SSHSPH is one of over 700 WHO collaborating centres in over 80 Member States worldwide working together with WHO in areas such as occupational health, communicable diseases, nutrition, mental health, health technologies, and more. As a collaborating centre in occupational health, SSHSPH is one of sixty-five institutions and organisations in the WHO regions who will support WHO in implementing the objectives of the Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health.