SDG 8: Health, decent work and the economy: policy brief

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dc.coverageCopenhagen
dc.creatorWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
dc.creatorLima, Joana
dc.creatorRohregger, Barbara
dc.creatorBrown, Chris
dc.date2021-10-10T18:53:10Z
dc.date2021-10-10T18:53:10Z
dc.date2019-12-31
dc.date.accessioned2026-08-03T07:55:28Z
dc.description17 p.
dc.descriptionThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) interconnect in their mission to create a better and more sustainable future. Improving health runs through them all. SDG 3 calls for healthy lives for all at all ages, while SDG 8 calls for decent work for all. Taking action on one SDG gets results in the other. This policy brief describes inextricable link between health and employment: good health is a motor of employment: it increases the chances of finding a job and of being more productive while at it; individuals in poor health are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed as poor health reduces their ability to work or to be productive; unemployment and nonstandard work have a strong negative effect both on mental and physical health and on well-being; health and employment can, consequently, reinforce each other in either a vicious or virtuous way. The health system is a key player in the economy as a major source of employment and of services to help people to keep healthy and to treat them in ill health.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierWHO/EURO:2019-3487-43246-60607
dc.identifierhttps://iris.who.int/handle/10665/346140
dc.identifier.urihttps://repo.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/219890
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWorld Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe
dc.rightsWorld Health Organization
dc.subjectEmployment
dc.subjectUnemployment
dc.subjectOccupational Health
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectWorkplace
dc.subjectOccupational Stress
dc.subjectEurope
dc.subjectSustainable Development
dc.subjecttrends
dc.titleSDG 8: Health, decent work and the economy: policy brief
dc.typeTechnical Documents

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