Scilight Press

The event is organized by the Scientific Committee on Occupational Medicine (SCOM) of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) and the National Secretariat of Perú. The objective of this event is to promote the update on emerging occupational diseases, their impact on the population and prevention strategies, adopting a comprehensive approach that addresses medical, management and legal perspectives. The event is aimed at occupational physicians and occupational safety and health (OSH) professionals from Peru, neighboring countries and other regions of the world. The main thematic axes were Diagnosis and management of occupational diseases, risk exposure, cancer and work, emerging diseases at work, disability, Occupational health for informal sector and small-scale enterprises, ergonomics, toxicology, legislation in OSH, and others. The presentations were delivered by international and national experts. Each presentation included an overview, statistics from different regions, good practices in OSH in different sectors, cases management and proposals for improving prevention measures and medical surveillance with a global vision. As result, the future and opportunities for Occupational Medicine and Occupational Health professionals was positioned in Latin-America, being Peru the venue for the global networking and potential collaboration to promote research in OSH and improving medical surveillance for workers, including informal sector which is so relevant in Latin-America.