Poster developed in the framework of WHO’s Be Active campaign carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. Campaign intended to the people staying at home (and working from home) and sitting down more than we usually.

Design of the workspace may have significant impact on the health and safety of the workers. Poor designed workplaces may cause physical and mental stress and can result in a higher rate of absenteeism. This brochure gives tips on how to design assembly workstations eronomically. Suggestions for...

Video promoting the campaign (with the same title). The campaign recognises that friends are the greatest influence on adolescent girls and that positive encouragement and support from their peers is the most effective way to get girls active – at school and at home.

This publication provides an overview of best practices on physical activity in the workplace, including case examples. It identifies which types of workplace physical activity interventions are effective in changing physical activity behaviour in different work sectors and types of workplace.

This report includes Case 5.1: A French printing company needing to address the MSDs and absenteeism affecting its mainly female staff in its finishing workshop. They obtained help from the regional association for the improvement of working conditions (ARACT). Ergonomic solutions were put in place...

Manual handling is an important risk in the food and catering industry. This checklist is meant to raise the issue in meetings of the company's OSH committee (ASA) and to stimulate a discussion about measures to prevent health risks of workers due to manual handling.